"bobharvey" wrote in message
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On Dec 26, 9:00 am, "'Mike'" wrote:
I had reason to be in the garden at dawn this morning, (don't ask and you
will NEVER guess why) and it was very mild. But what did surprise me was
the
Dawn Chorus. I am always awake early, not that I go outside all that
often,
but the question I ask is, is there always a Dawn Chorus? I thought it
was a
nesting/mating thing.

Never too old to learn

All year round. It varies a lot. In winter it is mostly territorial,
defending feeding ranges, In spring it is about pairing, or defending
the mate. Obviously summer migrants are not hear in the winter, but
are replaced by birds who have come south. I think the winter one is
a bit thin, and over more quickly.

But yes, there is some sort of dawn chorus all year round.

Two nights ago I was out at dusk and the tawny owls were calling to
each other. They were all around me, I counted at least 12 different
calls, from different directions. Wonderful.

Thanks for the info Bob

The family got together yesterday a our daughter and son in laws and when we
left the Barn at about 1. 00 o'clock this morning there was quite a
commotion going on around the pond further down the land. Dozens of Ducks
there making a lot of noise. We already had all the garden lights and
floodlights on so we couldn't tell if a Fox was playing mayhem, which is a
common occurrence and the lights come on.

Mike

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