Chestnut-Backed Chickadee in Snow, Snohomish County, Washington

A chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) rests on the branch of a snow-covered rhododendron in Snohomish County, Washington. Chickadees use nocturnal hypothermia, allowing their core body temperature to fall at night to conserve as much as one-third of their energy.

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A chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) rests on the branch of a snow-covered rhododendron in Snohomish County, Washington. Chickadees use nocturnal hypothermia, allowing their core body temperature to fall at night to conserve as much as one-third of their energy.