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Chickadees are one of my favorite birds. In the winter, when they search for their food that they’ve hidden all summer, their hippocampus, the part of the brain that builds and stores memory, actually increases in size by as much as 25% which is how they’re able to find all that food they stored. Their metabolism is so high that they need to eat constantly, as as they have no gullet, they eat one seed at a time , which, in itself requires a lot of energy. They molt in the fall, their feather increasing in density nearly 15 %, or more, which keeps them warm , but adds weight to those little birds, so, they don’t migrate. All that aside, they are as cute as can be, and I love them.

Category

Week 8: Chickadees & Titmice

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