Survival wisdom among chickadees is learned roost-selection skill, not inherited luck

Evidence

It seems likely that weather is the only killer so devoid of both humor and dimension as to kill a chickadee. I suspect that in the chickadee Sunday School two mortal sins are taught: thou shalt not venture into windy places in winter, thou shalt not get wet before a blizzard. … The bird selecting a roost dry against a south drizzle, but vulnerable to a north one, would surely be frozen by morning. The bird selecting a roost dry from all sides would awaken safe. This, I think, is the kind of wisdom that spells survival in chickdom, and accounts for 65290 and his like. — Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 325

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Conservation is defined by reflective intent behind land use, not by the tools used — Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac: With Other…, 246; Demonstrating learning does not disprove genetic natural selection. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 1131

Broader Connections

• Demonstrating learning does not disprove genetic natural selection. #responds-to (0.85) — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success, 1131