Because the direct light of the Sun is blocked, some of the brighter stars and planets become visible . Sometimes a total solar eclipse reveals a small comet on its path near the Sun. The darkness of totality resembles nighttime, and plants and animals react accordingly. Birds stop singing and may go to roost. Daytime flower blossoms begin to close as if for the night.
Bees become disoriented and stop flying.
The temperature drops in the coolness of the Moon's shadow. All of Nature seems still and quiet for this brief moment of daytime darkness . And then the shadow passes. A bright speck of sunlight flashes into view at the western edge of the Sun as the corona disappears. Totality has ended.