Reposted by Harpalyce Wilde
The simplest, most effective help is water that doesn’t freeze. A heated birdbath, or a shallow dish refilled with fresh water every morning
High-energy food: black-oil sunflower seed, suet & unsalted peanuts.
Shelter: leave nest boxes up over winter. Empty boxes become roosts on freezing nights.
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Every winter, chickadees die of cold: here's how to protect them with one simple gesture
A bird the weight of two quarters has to survive freezing nights. Cold is rarely what kills it, and one gesture started now helps.
