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Old 02-08-2010 | 03:30 PM
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Pygmy
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They may sit on the roost for a few days, but it's no big deal..

With the good mast crop this year, they are probably larded up with fat and could stand a prolonged period on the roost..

When they get hungry, they'll fly down and find themselves some forage above the snow... They are very hardy and adaptable, and they can take advantage of many "above snow" food sources, such as sumac seeds, multiflora rose berries, alder buds, etc. etc. etc.

They're pretty tough birds, and they thrive in climates much more severe than what they have anywhere in Pennsyltucky...
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