{"id":3159,"date":"2012-01-31T08:45:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T19:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=3159"},"modified":"2025-07-27T14:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:59:49","slug":"birdies-in-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2012\/birdies-in-the-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdies in the snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently snow is edible! These pigeons were pulling out all sorts of edible delights from within the snow pack. 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