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Podcast: BirdNote Daily
Episode: Finding Food When it Snows
Description: Fresh-fallen snow is beautiful, but it poses a challenge to birds. The ground where they found food is now covered by several inches of snow. Birds such as juncos and other sparrows flit under bushes where snow doesn’t cover the ground. Finches and chickadees pick at the seed heads of plants sticking out above the snow, while robins (like this American Robin) seek out dried fruits. Nuthatches and woodpeckers cling to trees as they search for insects within the bark.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly new...