What Happens At Your Yard At Night? The Truth Nobody Talks About!

Birds don't simply sleep at night but engage in a complex survival protocol where they leave feeders in a specific sequence (ground feeders first, then feeder birds, then territorial singers), select roosting sites through days or weeks of testing prioritizing thermal protection and concealment, and burn approximately 40% of their fat reserves to maintain body temperature, with some entering regulated hypothermia to conserve energy; while songbirds roost, nocturnal predators like screech owls, raccoons, and foxes take over the yard, and at dawn, the American robin typically begins singing first as part of the dawn chorus that signals the return of the diurnal community.