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a northern flicker on a snowy branch in Fish Creek Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
February 13, 2015

Snow Bird

During a milder February day in Alberta, Canada, Your Shot member P. Vaudry went for a hike along the Bow River in Fish Creek Provincial Park. “While walking through Hull’s Wood, I noticed this northern flicker in a tree. I approached, and the flicker remained still. To me, [it] was thoroughly enjoying the warmth of the sun, so much so that it didn’t seem to notice that I was there.”

Vaudry’s picture recently appeared in Your Shot’s Daily Dozen.

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Photograph by P. Vaudry, National Geographic Your Shot

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