What Your Birds Do to Survive a Night Below Zero

🐦 The six-week plan that takes an empty yard to a full one — what to buy, where to hang it, and what to expect each week. Plus four pages you can print and take to the store. 📘 FORTY YEARS AT THE WINDOW — https://wendellswindow.com I’m exploring eight remarkable ways your backyard birds survive a night below zero—from fueling up before sunset and fluffing their feathers to shivering, caching food, and keeping their feet cold. I’ll also show you what you can observe from your own kitchen window. I’ll explain how chickadees prepare one day at a time, why redpolls carry food to bed, how feeders can improve winter survival, and which bird arrived first after the coldest night I can remember. 0:00 Surviving a below-zero night 0:44 Fueling up before sunset 2:17 Feathers become a winter coat 3:42 Why birds’ feet stay cold 5:10 Shivering burns precious fuel 6:11 The chickadee’s hidden pantry 7:23 Redpolls pack food to go 8:11 How feeders improve survival 9:37 First visitor at twenty below #BackyardBirding #WinterBirds #BirdFeeding #Chickadees #BirdWatching #Nature