Jesse Jane Designs

06/15/2026

06/15/2026

My Little Pony 😋

06/05/2026

Come for the Awesome Shopping and Food 😋

It's that time of year! Prairie Barn Market is just five months away! Save the date for June 6, 2026 at the Prairie Museum of Art and History.

Planning is underway and we'll be getting vendor details emailed out soon.

05/05/2026

So True

04/12/2026

Wow

Hummingbirds enter a death-like state every single night.

It's called TORPOR.

→ Body temperature: drops from 105°F to as low as 48°F
→ Heart rate: crashes from 1,200 bpm to 50 bpm
→ Breathing: nearly stops
→ Metabolism: drops by 95%
→ The bird appears completely DEAD — stiff, cold, unresponsive

Why:
→ Hummingbirds have the highest metabolism of any bird
→ They burn calories so fast that without torpor, they'd starve before dawn
→ Torpor is controlled near-death — an emergency energy savings mode
→ Every night. Every single night.

Waking up:
→ Takes 20-30 minutes
→ Body temperature rises rapidly
→ Muscles start shivering to generate heat
→ Heart rate climbs back to 1,200 bpm
→ The bird is fully alive and flying within minutes of "waking"

The risks:
→ In torpor, hummingbirds can't flee predators
→ They can fall off branches
→ If temperatures drop too low, they may not wake up
→ This is why feeders matter — they allow birds to build reserves before nightfall

If you find a "dead" hummingbird on a cold morning:
→ It might be in torpor
→ Leave it undisturbed for 30-60 minutes
→ If it's on the ground, gently place it on a protected branch
→ It may wake up and fly away

1,200 heartbeats per minute by day.
50 by night.

Dead and alive. Every 24 hours.

That's not a bird. That's a miracle. 💚