I thought songbirds roosted at night. Owel and geese fly at night but songbirds, I don't think so.
Thank You! I was just thinking the same thing. But, then there are mockingbirds, who with the least provocation will sing all night while jumping into the air for a few feet and then alighting on dead limbs or power lines. whatever is availble. seems they can see them.
Migratory songbirds roost at night during the spring and summer months while nesting. During migration they do indeed fly at night. Over the last 40 years I've seen many pass through the field of a telescope, silhouetted against the Moon, as I observed the Moon. You can also sometimes hear the birds issuing plaintive calls at night as they fly over, if you live in a quiet location -- in fact I heard some this morning around 6 a.m. as I made a casual survey of the sky.