Wednesday, January 30, 2019

How Do They Do It?

Our temperatures are in the single digits. The wind is blowing like a banshee. How do these feathered animals survive?

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  1. They are amazing aren't they? How are you surviving?Hope you are all warm.

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  2. Such amazing little creatures!

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  3. Brilliant images Tabor.

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    1. Coming from you that is quite a compliment!

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  4. Wonderful photos of wonderful little creatures.

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  5. They survive but lots of them don't make it.

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  6. That's what i always wonder.

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  7. What? No research on this? I want to know too.

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  8. http://www.birdsleuth.org/how-do-birds-survive-winter/
    Cornell tells us.

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    1. Yes, this was what I had read a while back.

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  9. We had -51 wind chill Wednesday in north central Illinois and the birds still came to the feeders and my warmed water! I noticed they especially went for the suet cakes and peanuts. I feel for them but they seemed to be okay. I gathered maybe the fat in the suet cakes and peanuts would be a protein to them with the severe temp. Fuel? Plus the sun was shining and I noticed that there was steam coming off of our roof and that is where some of the larger birds were. The tinier birds were huddled in our evergreens around the house as they had alot of snow on them. I guess they have figured it out. I just kept throwing bird seed on the ground throughout the day, too.

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