A bounty of birds is commonly associated with springtime and
summer, but in paradox, the repulsing snow and falling temperatures in
wintertime could also give you a highly productive bird watching experience.
Tree branches are exposed, and fields, marshes, and swamps unfold for excellent
viewing, so bird watchers could delight in one of the best bird watching
seasons of the year. The fun is further heightened because a lot of uncommon
species from way up north may be seeking a more comfortable life in less cruel
surroundings in winter.
Due to more the critical situation of food availability for
bird survival when the temperature drops, winter bird feeders attract strange
birds from time to time, which overcome their fear of entering a house and
garden to hunt for food. For example, even if flowers and insects are absent,
hummingbirds can bear freezing temperatures as long as they can get food; and
birds that delight in southern climates would come up north due to a surplus of
food supplies by feeders. Some feeders
volunteer over an entire winter season up north of its usual range, and others
still feed long after other species already left the area. Yearly, more people
bring out food for birds, so in various areas an increasing number of birds are
making their initial appearances at feeders, among them Gray Catbirds, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Rock and other
wrens, Verdins, varied Thrushes, Phainopeplas, Bronzed Cow-birds, Lark
Buntings, Song Sparrows, and Chipping Sparrows.
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