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 Every morning a beautiful awakening with melodious singing. They are the birds that chirp at dawn: what they are and why they sing.

In the world there are many species of birds, each with its own characteristics and among these also the chirping, what for us is song. However, not everyone has the alarm clock at the same time, each species has its own times and therefore different moments of the day. There are blackbirds and thrushes that are the most early risers and then with more calm you also begin to hear finches and goldfinches.

But it is only the awakening because in any case we will hear them all day even if with less intensity, this being their way of communicating and relating to each other. But what are the birds that chirp at dawn and why do they do it?

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Birds that chirp at dawn: what are they and why do they sing?

Just as speech is essential for communication for humans, individual bird species have various sounds with different specific meanings.

The sounds are all different from beautiful songs to shrill sounds and the same goes for the motives, the birds sing to mark the territory; to conquer a female; to warn birds of the same species that there is a danger or just to stay in contact with the flock they belong to.

Some of them repeat the same verse over and over and the duration can also vary while others manage to make variations on the tonalities. The best time to sing is at dawn and the reasons are different, for example:

Relative humidity is low, the temperature is low, and the wind is usually weak, all of which contribute to optimal conditions for sound.

communicate to potential rivals that the territory is already occupied;

and also because in the morning is the time when the birds are weakest, since they feed only during the day and therefore spend the night fasting. To show the females that this condition has not weakened them, they sing energetically.

But what specifically are the birds that chirp at dawn?

The blackbird (Turdus merula Linnaeus) is a passerine bird of the Turdidae family and can be seen in Italy and throughout Europe, but also as far east as the east coast of China and north as far as the northern coast of Sweden, depending on the season and along the northern tip of Africa and along the entire coast of Iceland; it has also been introduced in some regions of Australia and New Zealand.

With the increase in urbanization, migration has become less common, many birds remain in urban areas during the spring and summer to reproduce. The Blackbird is a bird that measures about 24-27 cm in length, the weight varies from 85 to 105 g and its wingspan is 34-38 cm.

Its characteristically black shiny plumage makes it elegant and to complete its style there are beak (the beak coloring of the male blackbird is a quality used to attract females, which are generally more attracted to the more orange beaks) and the yellow eye ring, dark brown eyes and blackish paws.

Although this is a bird that tends to suffer from albinism and therefore some specimens may have several white feathers which contrast with the black plumage. But there are many blackbird subspecies present all over the world and they differ in the color of the plumage and the size.

This bird feeds mainly on fruits and seeds but does not disdain some insects such as: beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers, spiders and snails. His singing habits start from 4 in the morning and you can listen to him until about 6.30. His singing turns out to be clear, sharp, strong but melodious and pleasant.

The Song Thrush belongs to the order Passeriformes, family Turdidae, it is one of the birds that chirp at dawn, and it is possible to see it throughout Europe, In Italy it is a migratory and winter visitor very widespread in most of the peninsula and on the islands, and regular breeder on the reliefs of the entire Alpine arc and of the northern and central Apennines.

The Song Thrush as a habitat, prefers bushes or low branches of trees. The Bottaccio Thrush is a medium-small bird of about 22 cm and a weight of about 80gr, with a brown back and yellowish sides and throat, paler on the belly and with the lower part covered by many black spots.

Due to these characteristics it is often confused with the Tordela and Cesena but is distinguished from them by its larger size and the absence of the fawn-brown area on the sides. Distinguishing male from female is very difficult even breeders need to perform a manual test.

The Song Thrush feeds mainly on worms, earthworms, snails, insects but does not disdain juniper berries, olives and other fruits, especially in the morning. In fact, this bird is really rare to see it fly beyond 10 in the morning, it always moves at night or during dawn when it starts singing starting from 4 in the morning and you can hear it until about 6.30, with a high-pitched but melodious song , more intense in spring during the breeding season.

The European robin (Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus) is a small passerine bird of the Muscicapidae family. It is possible to see it in Eurasia and North Africa, extending west to the Azores islands, east to western Siberia.

The southern population is mostly sedentary, while those of the more northern regions, in particular from Scandinavia to Russia, migrate south in large numbers when the first autumn disturbances arrive, towards territories with a more temperate climate, some up to the countries of Mediterranean Africa.

Its earthly movements occur mainly for the search of food, in fact it feeds mainly on insects and their larvae, earthworms, seeds and small molluscs, but integrates this diet with a large amount of fruit and berries. The Robin is a diurnal bird, which is why it starts singing from 4 in the morning and can be heard until about 6.30, its song is simple and crystalline and is particularly melodious in the breeding season.What distinguishes it from other birds is its extreme vivacity and its way of moving on the ground, that is, with a rapid succession of long leaps, tilting the body to one side and moving the tail.The Robin is a bird that measures about 14 cm and weighs 16 g, has an olive-brown back, white belly, thin reddish legs and an unmistakable red-orange spot on the chest and face. Since there are no visible differences between males and females it is very difficult to distinguish them even from experienced eyes.In fact, its habitat in the summer months is made up of coniferous woods and coppice woods while in autumn it goes for the search for food in the plains and in the gardens near the inhabited center. In Italy it is sedentary everywhere. In Campania it is present both in the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park and in that of Vesuvius.