I have watched this Magpie Robin almost every day in the mornings during this week.
It has a rhythm to its bird call. It tunefully calls, each one becoming louder and longer. When it stops the feathers around the neck are still erect which settles to its normal pattern during this resting period. It prepares for the next bird call by looking up, following which fathers around the neck become erect, which is a body signal for the next call. Robins go on with multiple cycles of bird calls for about 15-20 minutes with no pause. This Robin, resident our garden, then moves to another site close by and repeats its calls. It has at least four flight stations to visit in the morning for its around of bird calls. This make bird is ready for finding its mate.
Someone making a comment about corona infection made a remark that, 'as humans we have lost the rhythm of rest and work. We therefore are more vulnerable to health risks.'
I have been a champion for 8 hours of sleep for adults and nine or more for children above 5 years. If anyone of us feels sleepy during the day after a good sleep, it is a sign that we live with sleep debt! Our body reacts to sleep debt, hence the micro sleep spells during the day!
I have been used to watching Magpie Robins for 20 years now. The first telephoto lens I got in 1998 helped me to watch them closely! We had a family nesting in a tree in our garden once.
M.CMathew (text and photo)
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