No chipmunks until spring! They are all taking a long winter nap. Just lots of squirrels! Actually, Chipmunks do not hibernate. They go into torpor just like hummingbirds do, where their metabolism almost comes to a complete stop and it's almost as if they are dead and cold. That way they can make it all winter without having to store fat like hibernating creatures do.
More freezing rain tonight and even the possibility of thunderstorms! That will seem weird I haven't heard thunder in months and months.
Oh shoot I mispelled hibernate, thank you for the correct spelling! lol. Ok, now I remember about those chipmunks but I didn't know about the Humming birds, where do they go to do that?
That is a very strange forecast, you go from record lows to record or near record highs!
The weather has been crazy.
Hummingbirds go into topor every night. Their metabolism is so fast that during the day they have to eat incredibly frequently and they would never be able to make it through an entire night without shutting their systems down.
haha! oh my gosh that's so fascinating Melinda! wow, I'd like that kind of metabolism for a couple days, I'd be ripped!
Or you would be eating continously!
haha! that's probably true, I'd be starving so I'd eat all the time and wouldn't get ahead, good point!