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A few birds sing at night and remain active in some way. The great majority do not, and stop doing anything but sleeping through the dark of night, but occasional have nightmares and wake up screaming. My killdeers and mockingbirds sing all night, and the nighthawks mostly at night. In South America, the lapwings are active and noisy all night.
Owls that inhabit the arctic remain awake and hunt in the daytime, too, because up there in summer, there is no night.
American robins are very early risers, and can often be seen walking around or heard singing an hour before any semblance of daylight that humans can perceive. Also thrushes, and robins are members of the thrush family, so that might be typical of the whole genus.
In winter time, I would watch a downy woodpecker go in a bird house at dusk -- it was a tall sparrow house on my fence post. I never saw him fly out in the morning, and there was no nest in there. I guess he would use it for shelter from time to time -- but for him, bedtime was around 5pm, in December!
Yes and no. Birds brain is actually semi separated down the middle. With that, right side of the brain is "sleep" mode while the left side is awake, then they switch. The Great albatrosses will fly over Pacific Ocean from the north to the south back to the north over and over for 5-7 years without landing. With the brain semi separated this give them the ability to stay in flight for an LONG, LONG LONG time without getting tired.
Different birds keep different hours. Many go to sleep when it gets dark and wake up when it gets light (and it can get light pretty early this time of year). Of course birds like owls and night hunters mostly sleep during the day and hunt at night.
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