Yep,
It's not un-common for me to hear magpies talking in their sleep through the
night. It is very common for me to hear magpie chirps about 3-2 hours before
sunrise. I have no idea what they are doing. I'd like to think that they are
talking in their sleep :)
PS: The first bird you hear in the morning is almost always a magpie (from
my experience). I have bad memories of early-morning-maggies. It all came
about during earlier times in my life where I would stay up all night. When
you start hearing the magpie call from about 5-6am, you know you have stayed
up too late. I wont go into the detail, as most of you could imagine. But
that early morning magpie ring in the ears sends me back to the all-nighter
days. Ooooh, I don't know, but it's bad hahaha.
Cheers.
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Do magpies sleep? + owl
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I don't know that we really know the answers to those questions. Birds seem
able to shut off part of the brain and continue with other parts. It may
also be more than one bird.
As for the owl: if it sounds like a boo book it probably is. They are the
most common owl in Canberra by far (most of the time). It is the smallest
of the local owls. (Some overlap in size with Barn Owl.)
Philip
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