WHEN THE BIRDS WAKE UP
An enthusiastic ornithologist has amused himself by investigating the question of at whot hour in summer the commonest small birds wake up and sing. Ho says:— "The greenfinch is the earliest riser, as it pipes as early as half-past one in the morning. At about half-past two the blackcap begins, and the quail apparently wakes up halkn-hour later. It is nearly four o'clock, and the sun is well above the horizon, before the first real songster appears in the person of the blackbird, He is heard half-an-hour before- the thrush; and the chirp of the robin begins about the same time before that of the wren. Finally, tho liouso sparrow and the tomtit are the last on the list, This investigation has altogether ruined the lark's reputation for early rising. That much celebrated bird is quito a sluggard, as it does not rise until long after the chaffinches, linnets and a number of hedgerow birds have been up and about for some time.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1682, 10 May 1884, Page 4
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168WHEN THE BIRDS WAKE UP Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1682, 10 May 1884, Page 4
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