My Garden Blog: A website to document the challenge of growing a variety of perennials in a northern Canadian climate. I post plenty of pictures of my gardening projects and welcome comments. La Ronge, Saskatchewan is in Zone 1b (USDA zone 2a), sitting on the Canadian shield at 55° 06' N latitude, 105° 16' W longitude.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
A Hungry Snow Angel
I spotted this snow angel today as I rolled the trash bin out to the road. It clearly isn't human-sized, so I assume this was made by a bird. However, the whole imprint is quite large, being over two feet wide. I'd imagine a raven made this imprint, probably while it was checking out some potential food item on the ground. The only other birds I have seen recently are the cedar waxwings, who are partaking in the feast of berries still hanging on the mountain ash tree.
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7 comments:
Looks like he caught something on the ground.
That is VERY cool :D
Great photo...I can see the raven out hopping around, creating that pattern.
Ooh, that's really cool. The Magpies around here make snow angels, too.
Wonderful photo. I love surmising what makes the prints in the snow.
That's quite a unique photo - yes, *uber* cool. :)
We have a raven nesting nearby at the top of the ravine across the street. He flew over my head last week and I could hear the thrumming of his powerful wings - quite a magnificent bird.
I've seen similar imprints around here...mine are usually an owl that got a mouse.
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