<figure><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/933a17e/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1275x952+0+0/resize/707x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F81%2F9ab8f67f4c46a9fd62c99058d902%2Fwinter-snow-lkmboro-january-4-2013.png" alt="Winter snow at Lake Murphysboro"><figcaption> Winter snow at Lake Murphysboro(Kevin Boucher / Kevin Boucher)</figcaption></figure>To escape winter, many birds fly south. But for birds who choose to stay in southern Illinois they've developed some unique ways to cope with the cold. Nature reporter Kevin Boucher talks with Avian Ecologist Dr. Jeff Hoover of the University of Illinois about some of the ways birds survive winter here in southern Illinois.

Winter snow at Lake Murphysboro(Kevin Boucher / Kevin Boucher)To escape winter, many birds fly south. But for birds who choose to stay in southern Illinois they've developed some unique ways to cope with the cold. Nature reporter Kevin Boucher talks with Avian Ecologist Dr. Jeff Hoover of the University of Illinois about some of the ways birds survive winter here in southern Illinois.

Winter snow at Lake Murphysboro(Kevin Boucher / Kevin Boucher)To escape winter, many birds fly south. But for birds who choose to stay in southern Illinois they've developed some unique ways to cope with the cold. Nature reporter Kevin Boucher talks with Avian Ecologist Dr. Jeff Hoover of the University of Illinois about some of the ways birds survive winter here in southern Illinois.

How Birds survive Winter in southern Illinois

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