Most of our backyard animals disappear when it rains. Not the sparrows. They’re visiting en masse, pecking at food on the ground or in the feeders.
What makes sparrows so much tougher than the squirrels? Are they hungrier? I’d like to learn the answer.
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I was a biologist in a former life. Wet fur is no fun while wet feathers do not feel so bad. Nor smell like the wet fur does.
There is a web site where you experience what these feelings are like:
www.thefuture.animal/wet
Comment by zigbert — August 29, 2009 @ 10:29 pm
Birds, unlike squirrels, have feathers that are waterproofed. Water rolls off them, more or less, whereas our gray buddies end up getting soaked. No fun eating that way, not even if the seed is the most premium on the planet.
Comment by C.E. Murray — September 3, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
Now, I get it. Thanks Squirrel Mama!
Comment by Administrator — September 3, 2009 @ 7:56 pm