Hi Everyone!
It’s morning again, and I am still trying to shake off the tiredness that comes just from having to wake up before 6 (or 7 or 8 ) in the morning, in between rescuing various articles of clothing from Darwin this morning – so far I have rescued a shoe (in time to prevent damage) and a sock (already crippled for life, but just as a matter of principle I don’t think I should let him keep it.)
Darwin
But outside, even with the windows shut, I can hear the many birds that inhabit the woods around our neighborhood chirping at the top of their lungs. It’s a pleasant enough sound, but it does cause me to wonder, WHY DON’T THEY EVER SLEEP IN?
Exhibit A: The Rooster That Crows at Dawn
If you are up early enough (and I try very hard not to be) they are even happier and louder immediately before sunrise. WHY? They don’t have to be anywhere at any particular time, although all that foraging for food certainly does take a lot of time, but always are up at the (pre-)crack of dawn anyhow. They must have a lot of the foraging done before noon, because by that time of the day, at least our suburban birds have grown for the most part silent, except for the occasional red-winged black bird that likes to sit on telephone polls and make sporadic cries all afternoon. The mocking birds will occasionally get into a spat around mid-day too, but other than that it gets pretty quiet.
The Red-Winged Blackbird; Photo by Alan D. Wilson
Are they able to get up so early because they get to take a nap mid-day? If that’s the case, how do I sign up for the whole mid-day nap thing? I lost the right to take a mid-day nap somewhere around kindergarten and would really like to re-claim it at some point! I kept begging Kayla to hold onto her nap privileges as long as she could when she was in pre-school and kindergarten, but alas, like most short-sighted 5 and 6 year olds, she couldn’t wait until she didn’t have to take one anymore! The birds get to keep nap time; why can’t I?
All of which proves yet again that I am NOT a morning person. I’m not the only one – I suspect the Owl inherited the night because he didn’t hold with all this bright and perky morning stuff either!
The Great Horned Owl, taken by Peter Manidis (AKA falxius)
Have a great day everyone!
Nancy
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