Do you all know that the urban robins sing at night? Yes, this is true the iconic urban Robins sing at night not because they want to but because they are forced to. Persistent noise made by people in towns and cities has turned the robin into a night owl.
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have determined that robins have recently started singing at night because the urban noise drowns out their mating calls in the day. It is said that there is a link between an area’s daytime noise levels and the number of birds singing at night.
Light pollution has been far and wide held as the prime suspect. It prevents the birds from roosting, which leads them to remain active through the hours of darkness. The daytime noise levels are significantly higher in the areas the birds sing nocturnally.
The findings are published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
I don’t think that we are unaware of the harm we are causing to the wildlife and our environment; there can be no other good example than this!
Source: BBC News
