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With a thick blanket of snow in the background, this White-throated Sparrow is eating the berries off of a poison ivy plant. It's pretty funny that something that gives humans an itchy, nasty and oozing rash on contact, feeds a large portion of the songbird population during the winter. The sand dunes of Gateway National Park has some of the largest poison ivy fields I have ever seen, and during the winter it's a fantastic spot to go for songbirds, as it is one of the few remaining guaranteed food sources around. You never know what is going to show up there.Sandy Hook - Gateway National Park
Middletown, New Jersey
January 15, 2010
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nope not at all 
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thank you
i'm glad you like it ^^
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Wonderful shot! It is amazing how they can eat the berries from the poison ivy!
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Beautiful winter scene! the details are excellent.. very sharp.
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Pretty textures in those feathers.
Birds have amazing digestive systems and are able to eat lots of berries that are toxic to us. And by the way... white colored berries in general tend to be toxic to humans.
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Birds do indeed have amazing digestive systems, and you're absolutely right about their ability to eat things that are toxic to us. A single bird, can usually eat up to 20% of its body weight in a single day (sometimes even more than 20%).
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Wow it's such a clean shot!
Love the focus, wondefull
And the title is awesome too ^^
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Awesome shot, Ryser! Love it! 
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