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jellybean asked in PetsBirds · 1 decade ago

Why do some birds prefer sitting on power lines rather than trees in the winter?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Probably because they are looking for food from up there.. Or they stay on their to keep warm because all the electricity running through the wires might provide some warmth through the cover... I honestly don't know I am no bird expert.

  • 1 decade ago

    well. if u want to really know..... the mother is having a baby in the tree so they sit on power lines

  • 1 decade ago

    the power line omite a lite heat and the tree branches suck the heat out or them so they like the lines

  • 1 decade ago

    they give them more warmth than the frozen branches

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    cuz they wanna comit suicide bii being electricuted instead of bein so cold xD

  • 1 decade ago

    Idk but I thought the power lines provided heat to them then the trees.

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