Birds are warm-blooded creatures, so in the cold season they remain active, but they need a lot of food. The lack of sufficient food in winter makes certain birds leave their native lands, flying south. But there is also such a group that never fly away to winter in warm countries, living side by side with a person all winter. You should talk about them in more detail.
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The main reasons forcing migratory bird species to leave their native lands for the winter are the lack of adequate food and extreme cold. But Mother Nature is rich in invention: along with migratory birds, there are also sedentary birds, who do not care about hunger and cold. Sedentary birds usually adhere to a certain territory, not moving outside of it. Among them there are birds that live side by side with a person and directly depend on him: doves, great tits, sparrows, hooded crows, jackdaws. In addition, in the winter forest you can hear the sound of a woodpecker, chirping of tits, nuthatches and jays. The wood grouse also does not leave its native land, since it feeds on only one pine needles. Crossbills generally manage to build nests and hatch chicks in winter.
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Pigeons are picky birds. In winter, when there is no complete food, they can feed on various garbage and food leftovers in city dumps. Pigeons spend the night both in winter and in summer in attics and basements, which will allow them to breed throughout the year. This is why there are so many pigeons in cities at any time of the year. These feathered creatures are strong and hardy birds. No wonder from time immemorial pigeons were used as "postmen". A good postman can reach a speed of his flight up to 140 km / h and fly over distances of up to 3 thousand kilometers.
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Tits, like pigeons, are omnivorous birds. It is curious that, although they are sedentary, in the cold season, a small part of them can still migrate closer to the south - to cities and villages. They feed on tits and grain, and seeds, and cereals, and pieces of meat, and lard, and various garbage from landfills. Such food in winter can be obtained only near human habitation. This is what makes the tits leave the forest in winter, settling near the person who feeds them. With the onset of the warm season, some tits again fly away into the forest, and some remain near people - in parks, in gardens, in groves.
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Hooded crows are also unpretentious in food. In winter, they feed mainly on carrion or in city dumps. Crows did not have a friendship with a man, so they do not have to rely on feeding, unless they take a piece of bread from some sparrow or empty someone else's nest. All winter crows nest on tree branches, gathering in large flocks. This helps them survive the cold. Some of them even manage to build nests in trees.
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Sparrows hibernate side by side with crows. Some of them nest under beams of house roofs, in the crevices of houses, in empty birdhouses, while others live in open spaces and nest in hollows. In winter, sparrows, like tits, move closer to human habitation. Sparrows are collective creatures. If one sparrow finds food, it will definitely call its congeners. On winter evenings and nights, these brown crumbs gather in flocks and warm themselves. At this time, they look like bloated feathery lumps.
