Legacy

By Legacy

How Do They Do It?

How do these little creatures stay alive in cold weather? In the last 24 hours the temperature has plummeted into the 20s, with a wind chill that takes it below zero, and still these little guys flit around without a care in the world. Yesterday I had a hummingbird, actually a couple of them in a territorial battle at the feeder, and today the feeder was solid ice. I noticed that this little fellow was kind of fluffed up and maybe that helps him keep warm, but it still seems impossible in these temperatures. I made sure I threw out several handfuls of food and suet for them. Wherever our renegade pigeons are, they weren't here today so I could sneak-feed the little birds. There were peanuts for the squirrels too, but there weren't many of them out and about.

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