For the previous few days it has been exceptionally chilly right here in Maine. Birds and squirrels maintain displaying up at our chicken feeders regardless of the chilly or maybe due to the chilly. While wanting on the birds at our feeders yesterday my youngest daughter requested how the birds keep heat sufficient to not freeze their toes. It was an excellent query and I discovered the reply in this quick BirdNerd video.
By watching BirdNerd’s How Birds Stay Warm in Winter video my daughter and I realized that some birds can regulate the temperature of their toes individually from the remainder of their our bodies. Watch the video to be taught extra about that and different ways in which birds keep heat within the winter.
There are different issues you are able to do to assist birds within the winter in addition to placing out chicken feeders and protecting them full. Those issues are defined to younger college students within the SciShow Kids video titled How to Help a Bird.