When I looked out of the window this morning I saw sundogs.
I could only see the one on the left side, but it was enough to tell me that it
was going to be a cold day. It was minus 18 C. With the north wind blowing it
was freezing.
Proof again that we live on an alien planet—one that is not
friendly to humans. We couldn’t survive without our cozy and warm homes that
insulate us from the hostile environment. The animals are superior to us when
it comes to surviving outside without protection. They don’t wear clothes the
way we do. We wouldn’t survive an hour if we were to go out naked. I just
walked to the bird-feeder without wearing gloves and my hands were tingling from
the cold.
We think we are tough. What a joke! Even a sparrow is
tougher. It is difficult to imagine that a little bird like that with such a
small body doesn’t freeze solid in those freezing temperatures. That tiny heart
pumps such a minuscule amount of blood through that body to keep it from
turning to ice and yet—the little bird survives. Of course, they have to keep
eating rich foods to stay alive—oily foods like sunflower seeds. I put plenty
of sunflower seeds into my feeders mixed in with the regular seeds. The
sunflower seeds are sometimes gone within one day; and I feed peanuts to the
Blue jays. They love them.
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| The chickadees need fat in their diet and they just love the blocks of suet |
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| What a beautiful and strange sight |
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