Northern Minnesota can be a photographic challenge. Take today for instance, while the sky is a deep, deep blue … the rest of the weather is as follows: -20F + 20mph wind = -48F windchill. Thus, neither the pheasant nor me were very interested in being out in the open. It was cold enough behind this thicket of trees. One aspect of this photo is one may see the pheasant’s foot about to emerge from its puffed up body to take another step.

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