Do Birds Sleep?

• Birds need much less sleep than people do. One seabird called the sooty tern, can fly for year by taking “baps that last only a few seconds.

• Most birds that live on land are active during the day and sleep at night. Owls are just the opposite, they sleep during the day and hunt at night.

• Birds usually sleep in shrubs, on tree branches, in holes in trees, or on the ground. Most ducks sleep on the water. Many birds sleep while they are standing.