Any ornithologists in the house?

What's wrong with the birds this year? Every year, it's the same thing. Dawn, 4 to 4:30 am, and the birds wake me up with their singing and I close the window. This year they start chirping at 3am while it's still dark out. WTF?

Is it the old time change time yet? We set the clocks ahead earlier this year, maybe they got confused and set their's ahead twice.

Vast right wing conspiracy to make you lose sleep, resulting in reduction of your productivity, to be used as talking point to outsource your job to Columbian piece-workers?

Nah... probably just that the birds are on to climate change and are making the most of their numbered days...

I'll bet that they are singing the same time as last year. It's just that your prostrate is waking you up earlier than previous years.

We're one of those jurisdictions which never change our clocks.

Maybe they're just hungry.



YouTube: "Feed the Birds" Singalong

I know of one bird who isn't too pleased!

Ooops....computer hiccup = double post.

Are they mockingbirds? If so, they're "courting".

Drives me crazy every spring. Foam rubber ear plugs help!

Maybe they want you to change your clocks! Eh? Ever think of that?

Maybe they're trying to telling you something, Stoon.

Other than old age? Nothing that I know of.

Believe it or not, the climate change does effect the bird world. The Cedar Waxwings were very late leaving this year in my area in Northern CA. The Northern Mockingbirds are courting now, and the Western Scub Jays are feeding and teaching their first brood. All depends on where you live and the migration pattern of the birds that wake you up in the morning. Just enjoy, they are beautiful creatures.

"A" in Ornithology.

Ah! I knew eventually we'd get a straight answer!

Once in a social science class the teacher, who was a tad bit of a rouge and smart ass, asked us to define three words, I think "is" "was" and "be" or something like that. There were some really funny definitions out there and when he got to mine, I'd just given the clinical, proper answers. His response was, "There's one in every class."

It took a few years for my humor gland to kick in.

Thanks Belldoll, seriously you are right and we do appreciate the answer. I'm just kidding around with ya and feel free to bust my chops any time in revenge.

Just be glad your not a booby.



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somewhere I envision a forum for birds, with a yellow screen, that has a thread called "Whats wrong with Humans", and it's probably the longest thread in the forum.

Or any animals for that matter. My best friend told me, after I had to put Skye down, that she and my other dog Sigmund had rolled in dog crap together and were now sitting at the toilet water bar laughing at how well they had trained me and some of the stupid things I had done.

Made me laugh because of all the dogs I had, Sigmund, Thunder and Skye taught me the most about training and loving.

Don't forget the behavior of the Jelly Fish. Could have something to do with the birds.

Some birds sing at night. Relax, and listening to them. They're lovely.

Los Angeles is famous for mockingbirds that sing all night. Seems like every neighborhood has one.

I live near La Ballona wetlands in West LA and bike out to see all kinds of birds. Bought a copy of Sibley's bird book to see what kinds there are and learn about their habits. I thought this was a bit nerdy, but a jillion people ride out there to watch birds.

Not after that cat in your avatar gets hold of them they don't!

Dont set the humming bird feeder too low!

I fly helicopters in a pal's backyard. The humming birds used to attack our helicopters and make them crash. Now that we fly better they just watch.

OOps, I thought about my little cat after I posted. My old avatar was an owl. I have parakeets now after my best friend, my cat died a few years ago. Mockingbirds were singing up a storm the other night around three am.
I have noticed an increase in robins. They have a nest in the japanese maple in front of my living room window.

I have noticed that happening here, too...my property abuts a wetland area and it's along a migration path for birds, besides.

I thought it might be happening here because they keep cutting down forest here and the area's left are getting a bit over crowded.

I've observed the birds that come thru here and they come in shifts and they circle thru several times a day. The flocks tend to be mutually exclusive; sparrows don't mingle with the black birds blue jays don't mingle with the Robins, none of them mingle with the crows, and so on. It could be over crowding that's causing the birds to get up earlier. The early bird catches the worm!

Or it could be something more sciency...like say the orbit of the earth...the tilt of the earth changing ever so slightly.

Or it could be the intense hot weather here. They start earlier so they can have a siesta in the middle of the day?

Cornell has a good bird department. I'm sure they wouldn't mind you calling them and reporting your observation.

I jsut did a little googleing..maybe you have new birds who wake up earlier living in your area now.

Also, there is the fertility thing.

Do you now what kinds of birds live in your neighborhood.


I've noticed here I have a changing of the birds about once a month as they head north as the weather warms.

I've actually taught my mockingbirds a tune so I can tell when one group leaves to head north and the next group replaces them and returning south at the end of the summer. The first group taught the next group...pretty cool, eh? I can tell because they each have distinct voices.

Well oh-k, finally, someone who loves to listen. Every morning before I'm ready to even think about getting out
of bed - I get out of bed! Then I turn off the fan. Then I jump back in bed and and just lay there and listen to the morning birds. I have no idea who they are, what their names are, or where they're from, but they sing to ME. Then I fall back to sleep and dream of Canada . . . Then . . . I wake up like this ---> And the birds are gone. But, I always look forward to the next morning, so I can do it again.

Like in sociology class they taught how baby's socialize their parents, run and get this mom or I'll never stop screaming you know what I mean.

We have a nest, right out side our bedroom window, that a family of Turtledoves has baby's in every year. I look forward to spring every year, to be able to listen to them when I wake up in the morning.

Long Beach has proved to be a hospitable city for green parrots. Ancestors of this rather fair sized population were no doubt escaped pets; and there is an exotic bird shop nearby which has been in business for years. The birds are quite raucous, and two of the larger ones have been hanging around my neighborhood for about four years. (Large palm tree in front of my apt. building) They'll make their rounds about 8:30, and move on after about half an hour, probably down to the beach. Sometimes they come back for a bit in the afternoon.This is not particularly "pretty" birdsong, especially if they get into it with the occasional crow. But it's rowdy and fun, and I've gotten used to it. They also give me yet another reason to stay sober. I can't imagine how they would have sounded to me during one of my mortal hangovers. Aieee.

I love the cooing of doves. I have also noticed that the robins here (city-like suburbs) are not afraid of humans. They are cautious, but behave more like pigeons.

There are nests of monk parrots all over my area. No it is not a pretty sound, but I have a parakeet wich chirps and squawks, so be it.

For a long time I thought that there were occasionally hawks in my back yard. A bird every now and then would let out this screeching. Finally, I decided to look and see what was making all that noise. It was a blue jay.

I read somewhere that birds songs were being affected by city noise. That some bird song in the city was different in suburbs.