We’re wildlife filmmakers Tim and Russ Laman, and we often journey the world filming. However on this collection, we’re utilizing our cameras to discover the lives of the birds that reside proper in our yard in Massachusetts. Welcome to Yard Birds Revealed.
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[TIM LAMAN ONSCREEN AND VOICEOVER]
All proper, so we’ve acquired a phenomenal snowy morning right here, and I’ve arrange a blind so I may be out of the snow, however be actually near the birds. I’ve set it up actually near my chicken feeder, and I’ve acquired good woods behind within the background. I’ve acquired a number of perches close to the chicken feeder in order that the birds can land on and I can get photographs of them on some pure perches.
I feel it’s simply lovely when it’s snowing. We’re attempting to seize some photographs of, you realize, snowflakes hitting the birds and simply inform the story of those wonderful little birds that may survive the chilly winter right here in New England.
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[RUSSELL ONSCREEN AND VOICEOVER]
I simply acquired a very wonderful shot of a woodpecker consuming snow. I’ve by no means seen that earlier than. I don’t assume it’s a habits they do tremendous regularly and it should be as a result of all of the freshwater is frozen proper now and they also don’t have a lot else to drink.
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One factor I discover actually wonderful about these chickadees and titmice, and all these little birds which have their naked toes on the market on the snow within the winter, they don’t must hold their toes at their physique temperature, the physique temperature is admittedly heat, like 105 levels, however they let their toes cool right down to even just a bit bit under freezing, they usually don’t waste plenty of power conserving their toes heat. So it’s a reasonably cool adaptation that they’ve to have the ability to reside on this winter atmosphere.
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Did you discover how fluffed up the birds are? They’ve this wonderful capability to extend the quantity of insulation they’ve by increasing their feathers. I want I might broaden my feathers to heat me up proper now.
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Thanks a lot for watching this week’s episode of Yard Birds Revealed. It’s actually wonderful to get such lovely photographs of our yard birds and to see these distinctive behaviors that we haven’t even seen earlier than.
Please take a look at the opposite episodes in our collection on the Cornell Lab YouTube channel and the All About Birds web site.
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