A close analogy to snowbirds is the Canada goose - the ones pictured below are obviously not snowbirds.
(70-200mm f13 1/125 sec ISO200)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Snowbirds
This year we joined a subspecies known as snowbirds. Just before the onset of winter, this group packs up and heads south to warmer climes, and when spring is in the offing they migrate northwards again. They're somewhat indistinguishable from the native southern species until they open their mouths and are betrayed by their northern 'accent', or by their habit of ending most sentences with "eh". Snowbirds are a subspecies of the species 'Can-eh-juns' - as pronounced by the southern natives - or more properly as Canadians, and hail from Canada - spelled 'C eh N eh D eh'.
A close analogy to snowbirds is the Canada goose - the ones pictured below are obviously not snowbirds.
(70-200mm f13 1/125 sec ISO200)
A close analogy to snowbirds is the Canada goose - the ones pictured below are obviously not snowbirds.
(70-200mm f13 1/125 sec ISO200)
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I like the format of the picture.The maple leaf design truly says Canada.
Nice pic with the maple leaf.
our snowbirds go to Texas :-)
Rick I love your photo, totally Canadian eh? :-)
This photo is like a painting, amazing!
Greetings
Magda
Love your arty work Rick, can you do more shapes?.
very nice...
This is a great photo! If we were snowbirds we'd only have to go about 300 miles - and still find snow!
Very witty!
The maple leaf is a nice Add-On, Eh . . . :-D
Greetz,
Joseph
I LOVE that maple leaf, Rick! How clever is that?! I think the Canadian Goose is among my favorite of the feathered species! Lovely pic!
comme c'est beau ! c'est du travail d'artiste !!
j'aime bien ! alors si j'ai bien compris, tant
que les snowbirds sont dans le sud, il ne faut
pas retourner au Canada ! attendons le printemps alors !
je t'envoie des bisous avec les nuages gris !
So cute...
^,^
Thank you Ruth - I kinda liked it too ;-)
Thank you Farmchick !
Where hopefully it's warmer than home, Susan ! at least weather-wise !
LOL - sure is Darlene !
Thank you Magda; taken on my recent brief return home.
Hi Stewart - thanks; yep, I'll try for some more. soon.
Gabriela - thank you !
LOL - wouldn't be much consolation would it Julia ! ;-)
Thank you Joseph; glad you liked it, eh ;-)
Thank you Carolyn ! I had one of those 'eureka' moments as I was looking for a photo to post - they're rare, but they happen ;-)
A ha Marty - yes, correct - we're in the south (hopefully) till spring ! Merci beaucoup for your nice comments and I hope the bisous I send will turn the gray to blue !
Thank you teca !
Soraia - obrigado !
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