{"id":802396,"date":"2016-02-22T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=694ff713c196ef80843fc343f81315c8"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:59:11","slug":"how-cold-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/how-cold-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How Cold Is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cold earth slept below;
\nAbove the cold sky shone;
\nAnd all around,
\nWith a chilling sound,
\nFrom caves of ice and fields of snow<\/p>\n

The breath of night like death did flow
\nBeneath the sinking moon.
\nThe wintry hedge was black;
\nThe green grass was not seen;
\nThe birds did rest
\nOn the bare thorn’s breast,
\nWhose roots, beside the pathway track,
\nHad bound their folds over many a crack
\nWhich the frost had made between…<\/p>\n

by Percy Bysshe Shelley — from The Cold Earth Slept Below<\/p>\n

It’s that cold! It was a record-breaking -1F last night in Central Park. Meanwhile on my Brooklyn porch, the birds at the feeder have their feathers maximally puffed up and their feet tucked in. Here are my two favorite raisin eaters posing on the planters.<\/p>\n

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The northern mockingbird.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The winter robin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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