One Leg is Better than Two..... Canvas Print

One leg is better than two if you are standing in a pool of icy water. Gulls have counter-current blood flow which allows the exposed webbed foot to remain slightly above freezing with a reduced cost in heat lost to the environment. The other leg is tucked up in the belly feathers shielded from the cold January wind.

Jim Zablotny is a natural historian, entomologist, and nature photographer from Fenton, Michigan. His present work emphasizes color, detail, and bold composition of natural subjects. His artistic endeavors included scientific illustration, and presently nature photography with subjects ranging from macro photographs of insects and wildflowers, to birds, reptiles,amphibians, and mammals. Many of his newer images are photographs of the living things found in endangered habitats like prairies, and fens. Jim is a regular participant on the Nature Photographers Network (http://www.naturephotographers.net/enter.html) and has earned Editor's picks for weekly and monthly presentations for his macro-photography of insects and wildflowers. One...