Do birds sleep at night?
@amadeo (111948)
United States
February 19, 2017 5:28pm CST
Good evening.The bird feeder been busy all last week.
We have blue jays,red cardinal,small bird not sure if they are nut hatch.
Even those big crows.One squirrel will stop by at the end.
As it is evening and was wondering do birds sleep at night.
some birds sleep while they are flying as I heard.
where do they go?
Why are all those birds sitting on the wires.
are they sleeping or keeping warm from the current of electricity?
Where do they go.
Photo is public.these birds are sleeping.
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28 responses
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Feb 17
The trees are full and alive with song night and day at the all night McDonald`s.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
20 Feb 17
@andriaperry , I wonder if the birds are awake there because of all the good stuff they can get for easy picking.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
20 Feb 17
@andriaperry.The picking is good there.But I believe they find time to sleep
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@crossbones27 (48433)
• Mojave, California
20 Feb 17
I think they are like dolphins where only half their brains sleep. It is either that or they like waking up in the middle of the night and chirping up a storm. I hear many birds around here do that. I am like do they not know what time it is. 
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@LadyDuck (458145)
• Switzerland
20 Feb 17
YES, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, researchers confirm that birds do indeed sleep while flying. During night water birds will sleep sitting or standing in the water, quail and sparrows, sleep on the ground in dense vegetation. I know that they chirp a lot in the morning.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
20 Feb 17
They just perch on branches and stay that way for hours. I have watched them.
@averygirl72 (37726)
• Philippines
20 Feb 17
I don't see birds flying at night because it's dark or maybe they are sleeping too at night
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
20 Feb 17
@averygirl72 I think that they are.They need to build up their strength.
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• Canada
20 Feb 17
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
20 Feb 17
With all the flying around all day I would think they sleep at night.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
20 Feb 17
@amadeo Especially hummingbirds. They really go 100 mph.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
20 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill yes,the energy that these birds do.Amazing.Wish had their energy lol
@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
20 Feb 17
i think they have to sleep at some point but i am not sure whennnnnn
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
20 Feb 17
I would think that they sleep at night when they have nothing going on, but I really have no idea.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
20 Feb 17
@teamfreak16 I would think that they need sleep to boost their energy.
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@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
26 Feb 17
Great question. To answer it, yes birds do sleep at night.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 17
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I know tjat some birds have some sort of ,,meeting as I have seen a group sit on a wire while another two birds set higher up and chatter to them really very interesting
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
20 Feb 17
Yes, the birds sleep at night, except for that occasional night bird that I hear sometimes.
