Snow Bird

Photograph by P. Vaudry , National Geographic Your Shot

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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