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was covered with a thick layer of snow this morning and it was still snowing heavily during my walk ... see extra

when I got home and wanted to replenish the bird feeders I saw this little finch looking for food in the snow and took some pictures of him … later after uploading the pictures I saw that he had something on his legs and that turns out to be bird pox This is caused by a virus that enters the body through biting / stinging arthropods, such as mosquitoes, or through damaged skin…