Do Birds Feel Happy When They Sing?

There are a few reasons why birds sing, and one of them may even include purely for pleasure.

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[QualeQualeson]

When I was a young man I was walking through a forest in Norway in the dead of night at high summer. The forest was completely still. Not a hint of wind, not the faintest rustle. Suddenly a blackbird started singing in a tree 10-15 meters up the path. I sat down underneath that tree with my back against the trunk and listened with my eyes closed.
Never have I heard any bird sing so masterfully, and I have listened to a great many. Its tone was deep velvet, its pace was relaxed and deliberate, and there was a sense of coherency in the whole that made me think of classical works. The performance lasted maybe 10 minutes which is a long time for a blackbird to sing uninterrupted, though I admit I lost the sense of time a little so I'm not sure. During that time it never once repeated itself. Every new strophe was clearly distinguishable from the last, every strophe was a work of art and I couldn't recognize any mimicry in it either.
When I'm due to pass, if I have forgotten everything else, I'll remember sitting under that tree that night listening to that blackbird virtuoso that sang just because it could. Better than Michelangelo, better than Mozart, better than falling in love. Just the undisturbed beauty of life at its most remarkable, and an old soul in the body of a little bird.

[brightmooninthenight]

One of my favourite birds is the Mockingbird, and I can absolutely attest that these birds sing for fun. Their song is parallel to none, because they sing many songs of other birds in continuous succession. And the jubilance and verve in which they sing.. they will actually get so excited they jump in the air with their wings half spread and plop back down while singing on.
I'm convinced they do it for no other reason sometimes. It is not uncommon to hear at two or three AM a lone mockingbird singing. Ive had bad nights alone when this bird began singing and I no longer felt alone. I even hear them occasionally, While it is raining, not when it's slowing down, but just right in the middle of it. I love them so much.

[ButtersTheBean]

Hearing the birds sing always helps bring me some peace.

[kristinacable]

It is super adorable when they get their wings flippy flappy, doing their mating dances! Birds are great

[loriz]

There is nothing more peaceful or enjoyable than hearing the songs of birds. It is just as much a part of the beauty of nature as the trees and flowers. The sounds they make are much better than any man made is technically noise. Birds don't make noise, they make melodies ❤

[Andijt]

I truly believe they're happy when they sing. When I hear a bunch of birds chirping away, it sounds like they're having a celebration, a joyful party.

[mitchmatthews]

Nothing more enjoyable than a Lesley video on a Sunday evening!

[soyevquirsefron]

We’ve had backyard chickens for two years and I have thought about their emotional range. I think they have anxiety when things aren’t happening the way it’s supposed to, and contentment when everything is the way it’s supposed to be.

We have an older rooster who has been chased around by our bigger younger rooster this year. Just today, we fenced off the beta rooster and the hens that used to be his flock and he was standing guard over them and finding food for them without the other rooster chasing him away and he puffed up his feathers and pecked my foot when I came near like he owned the place and I thought, “this is the happiest he’s been since the younger rooster grew bigger than him”

[jasminaogrady]

If birds can feel pain, then they can feel joy! No question about it!

[bjarnyg]

they're singing to make US happy.

[banbaji]

We have a rescue brown eared bulbul and she has different calls and songs depending on her mood. She (we think she's female) has a greeting song, songs that she learned from different bird species, scared sounds, the sounds she makes while moving around, annoyed, fight calls with other birds, various happy sounds and she even turned her name into a song!

Her sense of observation is off the charts as well. She knows when we are leaving the house just by how I move around and she gets angry, but if we say 'Let's go!', then she gets happy again since she's coming with us outside. Her non verbal communication is incredible to observe as well. We know when she wants attention, wants to play or wants to eat a certain food.

In the spring, lots of male bulbuls in the area would try to flirt with her. Now that it's summer here, the wild couples are telling her to get off their territory when we're walking outside.

Anyways, yes, they sing for fun, and they sing more when in a good mood. On cloudy days she's more quiet, sunny days she's more excited and sings more.

[lynnspillane]

My favorite time of day, is when the sun is coming up, out on my lanai, with coffee in hand, in order to hear all the lovely bird songs! I love to think that the birds are as happy to sing as I am to hear them! ❤️ Thank you Leslie!

[umbrellacorp.]

I know for sure that when my budgies sings and clean their feathers they are happy and comfortable. 💓🐦😌💓

[josephinastover]

Such a cheerful video! I do hope the birds get as much enjoyment from their songs as we do. Last week I was visiting Galway, Ireland, as I walked down a side street I heard an utterly enchanting birdsong. I stopped, mesmerized. Then I noticed that the busy looking business man across the street also stopped in his tracks! Amazing! I wish I knew what bird it was that made our day

[earFront]

🐦 I know I feel good-er when the birds do their singings. 🐦

[raideurng]

Anyone whose had a parrot knows when it's singing time, they're in a good mood.

[lyngruen]

My FAVORITE time is early morning....open my balcony door, sip my coffee ☕️ and listen to the 🐦 birds 🎶 💖🎵
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord ☝️💖🐦😊
Texas Nana 🤠
Psalm 91

[theriddled]

The most underrated singing is definitely the mourning dove. The coo they do is so nostalgic. All of us always think it's an owl hooting. We have parents that are nesting with their 2 babies in the nest. They grow so fast and seeing how they look like their smiling brings me joy. I know we may never be trusted by them, but it's just wholesome and cool we have a bird family here depending on our home for protection

[heatherjones]

In the early 1990s my sister and I visited Chania, Crete, in April. It had been chilly and overcast but by noon on our third day it warmed up and the sun came out. We were eating outside at a taverna on a small square when I noticed a door open in the ancient block of townhouses opposite me. An elderly woman in black opened only the top half of the door and disappeared. She soon came back with a cage and hung it on a bracket beside the door. That block was getting full exposure to the sun and I could see that the cage housed a canary of the most gorgeous, intense yellow. It began to sing and that tiny thing could be heard throughout the square. It went up and down the scale at least 2 or 3 octaves at amazing speed. It sang its heart out and then started all over again. I was sorry to leave. No one can tell me that that bird was not singing for pure joy after a long dreary winter indoors.

[russelder]

Some beautiful birds ...I miss my Juncos they are one of my favorites...my God giving drugs to birds what a crazy have a few Tit-Mouse and have always loved them ...after years they have gotten confident enough to come to my sliding door ....I put peanuts out the door and they are picking up the peanut and flying away...sometimes the peanut is so heavy they can barely get airborne...thanks for always making these videos ...love to you guys