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Behrfeet — Frosty Scavenger
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Published: 2011-02-21 01:05:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 454; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 0
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This frost covered Magpie searched among the deer turds trying to find any little tidbits that fell when the deer would quickly gork down the small bits of feed I put out for them. I didn't realize that a bird would frost up like this but I guess it is to be expected at -34*C
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well use that one if you want ..... I'm fine with that ... just give me credit although I'm not sure how you would even do that ... lol
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No worries, I don't know how to credit for these guys so I'll stick with copyright free for now 
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-34 sjeez, and here it's just minus 6, and i am freezing
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yup .... been a bit of a cold winter alright. I think we are sort of spoiled with all the mild winters before this. But this is what I remember when I was a kid ..... always freaking cold!
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What instantly amazes me is the direction and orientation of the bird's head... it's staring right at me. The feathers are gently sprayed with airy haze and you've also got a lovely textured snowy ground with tree droppings. For such a shot requires patience and skill, and to produce such clarity again is unbelievable.
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thanks ..... not sure why this one was letting me take so many shots ... hungry I guess
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yup ... it is ... we had a couple days of +8*C which melted a bit of snow but then it plummeted right back down into the -30's and everything turned to an icy mess! It was constant cold like this here when I was a kid (probably a bit colder actually) but we haven't seen it this cold for such a steady time like this for years. And it NEVER went to +8*C in the middle of winter when I was a kid .... EVER!
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They are a cool bird .... pretty skittish though ... guess cuz they are usually up to no good ... lol
Why aren't you seeing them anymore?
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I don't live out west anymore. I moved back to Nova Scotia.
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You don't have magpies there??? Huh .. I thought they were kind of like crows and were everywhere. where out West were you?
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I lived in Calgary for a year. Magpies stop on the boarders of Ontario and Manitoba. The magpies barely touch Ontario, we have lots of sea gulls, crows, ravens and bluejays here lol. I am in Nova Scotia which is where I am from.
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huh ..... learn sumptin new every day!
I was going to guess Calgary .... not sure why
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Haha hard to say, where are you located?
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in Sask .... just north of Moose Jaw. If you are curious you can type in North Grove, Saskatchewan, Canada in Google maps and it will put the little flag almost exactly where my house is on this lake.
Where in NS are you?
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lol nice! My best friend's mom is from Sask.
I am from Yarmouth orginally but been living in Halifax the past two years.
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lol .... I noticed you said "from" .... there seems to be a LOT of people that are "from Sask" ..... as in previously lived here and not so many that still do
IC ... work related or school related or just exploring that got you to Alta and now to Halifax? I've never been east of Montreal in Canada but apparently I have a number of distant relatives on my mother's side in NS so she has been there a few times. She loved it and would love to go back again but she is getting too old to travel these days.
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Well her mother I think grew up around Loon Lake or something I don't QUITE remeber I just know she was from Sask
My friend (the same one who's mom was from Sask) was living out in Alberta and offered to pay my way to go to Calgary with her and so I took the opportunity. It was kinda neat living some place different, but then I got sad lol and poor so I had to head back to NS so that I could not be living so far away with no one around.
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skulking around ya know
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8D It's so cute! And it seems so disinterested.
Great capture, it's so nice and clean and sharp looking!
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Usually the second they see ANY movement they are gone but this one didn't seem to notice me for some reason ... sort of usual but I took full advantage!
Thanks! :]
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