Midnight blackbird?

Thoie

OK, there's a blackbird outside, singing its head off at the moment. Is it nuts? Confused? On drugs?

The only thing I can think of is that the streetlights through the fog are making it think it's dawn. Is that likely, or are my original guesses of a mad drug addled blackbird more likely?

jmkennedyie

Although some wildlife has been seen drunk and disorderly after eating fermented berries, what you describe is normal enough now in urban/suburban environments - anywhere with artificial light. A natural reaction to an unnatural dawn.

Alliandre

I've often heard birds singing at 3am in the city. I think they were blackbirds too.

marlin vs

Happens up my way regular, the wife think's i'm mad cause I open the bedroom window to listen to them, well it's better than counting sheep.:D

Oliverdog

Robins will sing at night under artificial light too - they have a wonderful song, and it used to be one of the pleasures of my late-night dog walk when I lived in the UK near a traffic island.