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Wildlife in Winter

Exploring the winter survival strategies of wildlife

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January 28, 2022

Hawking

By riedererjt

With hawking, birds and bats catch insects while in flight and eat them without landing. This allows the predator to feed efficiently on swarms of insects.

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  • An introduction to the Wildlife in Winter project
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Survival Strategies

  • Active All winter
  • Annual Colony
  • Brumation
  • Communal Denning
  • Freeze-avoidance
  • Freeze-tolerance
  • Irruptive
  • Long-distant Migrant
  • Medium-distant Migrant
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  • Overwinter as Eggs
  • Short-distant Migrant
  • Torpor
  • True hibernator
  • Winter Visitor
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