We don't fully know why birds are especially vocal first thing in the morning

Manon Verchot

Researchers don’t really know why birds sing a lot first thing in the morning. But they have theories.

One theory is that birds sing in the early morning because it’s too dark for birds to be out looking for food. Another theory is that birds like to warm up for the day through song.

But a new study suggests that the answer may be more complicated than any of these previous theories.

Manon Verchot

Manon is a multimedia journalist and co-founder of InOldNews, the organization that runs Neighbird. She formerly headed video at Mongabay, Hindustan Times and Mint.

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Manon Verchot

Manon is a multimedia journalist and co-founder of InOldNews, the organization that runs Neighbird. She formerly headed video at Mongabay, Hindustan Times and Mint.

Sanshey Biswas

Starting his career as a print journalist in '14 at a weekly newspaper in India, he quickly gravitated to working on the digital side. He is a self-taught multimedia journalist who loves to learn from and with his colleagues spread across the globes.

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