After North Texas was locked in one of the worst winter storms in a century, with several inches of snow on the ground and
temperatures in single digits.....
Robin Red Breasts that normally feed on worms and insects gathered in large flocks, descending on any tree with berries just to have something to eat until the snow cleared.
Although the Robins made it through the week, flocks of Cedar Wax Wings will arrive in early spring to feed on these berries but will find barren trees.
Nature is an incredibly complex system so it is hard to say whether the food that carried Robins through the storm will really be missed by the Wax Wings or if they'll turn to other food sources and do just fine. If not, perhaps some of the storm damage will have been indirect.
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Music
Hitchcock Etudes by Nicole Lizée / Bozzini Quartet
is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.
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