I have what is probably a very basic question. Yesterday morning, I was birding with a friend in Lansing (Ross Road) (8:30-10:00); despite the cold, the birds were very active and vocal and we counted over 30 species in an hour and half of birding along a short walking route. At 10am, just as we were finishing up, there was a single peal of thunder off in the distance and the woods went entirely silent. Was this just a coincidence? The change from an acoustically rich forest to a silent one was dramatic and we hadn't moved at all. The birds stopped singing entirely for a few minutes and then they picked up again a bit. Would the threat of a storm (however distant) affect birdsong in this way? Thanks, Kim Haines-Eitzen
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