Everything Else . N.Y. They stayed put in trees or roosting places during the blizzard, he said. A few, like the ruffed grouse, burrow into snow banks. Birds survive not just because of rapid metabolism but more because of a tremendous ability to insulate themselves.
Feathers are tremendous insulators.
Flying birds can be swept great distances by storms, but the blizzard of '96 found them wintering, not migrating, Sutcliffe said. New questions are answered on the site every Tuesday and Thursday.