Where do birds go at night? Where are they hiding when there is a storm and the weather is really bad?
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It can vary by species, usually they hide in places like evergreen trees, tree hollows, bushes, etc. The more urban birds will find places in cracked buildings and such.
There’s a bush right in front of my parking spot on the side of my apartment complex, and at night and in the winter I can see them huddled in there sometimes.
Edit: I know the thread has been deleted, but if anyone sees this comment and happens to be curious, I took a quick video of the [birds](https://imgur.com/a/lFXDseJ). It is sunny out, but it’s just a few degrees above freezing.
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In this year’s BBC Winterwatch they had a little feature every night on a treecreeper roosting in an excavated hole in a sequoia tree, it flattens itself against the bark to gain warmth from the tree.
There’s a little clip of it here: https://twitter.com/BBCSpringwatch/status/1222973612686225408?s=19
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I may have a little helpful knowledge here.
Crows will roost overnight with a large number of other crows within a tree or multiple trees. Crows are the only birds I know for sure that do this, but I’m also sure that there are other species that roost (European Starlings come to mind, they certainly roost in large groups during the day).
In addition to sleeping, it’s likely that the crows use roosts for protection from predators and gathering information on the surrounding area, other crows, sources of food, and so on.
Not all crows will go to a roost overnight, however. Some will “stay at home” at their nest with their family unit. Crows that do go to roosts rarely go every night, and each crow is different in respect to how often they go to roosts or stay home.
I know it’s specific to crows, but I hope it was helpful or at least interesting 🙂
Source: amateur birder of several years, Cornell lab’s online course on crows, and several pieces of literature on crows
Local blackbirds are hiding under bushes and next door’s monkey puzzle tree.
Coal tits are hiding, goodness knows where, too, taking advantage of a quiet half hour to visit the feeders.
Meanwhile, resident woodpigeon is looking increasingly pissed off and fluffy and can’t work out why it’s so difficult to sit on the edge of the bird bath or walk along the fence in 50mph gusts. Idiot bird.
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Often in buildings, as an architect we have to be very aware that some birds can roost in eaves, and must not interrupt their seasonal nesting. As a child I remember watching the Starlings murmuration over The West Pier in Brighton. Truly beautiful and mesmerising.
German here. I wondered about that, too. Especially last week when we had lots of wind and just … impossible weather. As I kept wondering, I looked outside and saw in the middle of a hailstorm the tail of a magpie sitting in an evergreen tree. So that answered my question.
One time I set off a firework that accidentally went up into and through a tree in the driveway where there were dozens of birds of all kinds roosting and they all flew away protesting loudly. Lots of fluttering noises. They tolerated the fireworks until one came right through their bedroom. I felt bad.
I had no idea there were that many in a tree at night. I also saw them in the little bushes leading up to a department store where the lights were in the winter. That seemed like a really safe and warm place.
There are boxes you can get that have 3 closed sides and an open side. They are not very tall and there is on overhang in the open side. Apparently they can use these and crowd in for warmth and shelter. All different kinds of birds together.
Edit: In Massachusetts in the summer (fireworks).
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