tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51304032442404316.post6908820838516910126..comments2023-06-03T08:11:36.364-05:00Comments on Mississippi River Gorge Stewards: Birds and the Deep FreezeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51304032442404316.post-33796163571659106012008-02-14T16:26:00.000-06:002008-02-14T16:26:00.000-06:00Dad has read an article that Black-Capped Chickade...Dad has read an article that Black-Capped Chickadees which stay here year round are able to lower their heart rate when they're resting usually out of the wind in a hole in a tree of somewhere similar.<BR/><BR/>On a related subject he read that owls (he thinks it's the barred owl or the great horned owl) has been observed with a rabbit or squirrel kill in a tree. After feeding on it, it covers it up and sits on it to keep it from freezing so it has food for the next few days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com