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Christmas Features

=jazzylemonade:iconjazzylemonade: reports, 1d 1h ago
Christmas features for everyone who asked for one. A showcase of over 100 talented artists.
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Holiday Cheer Feature!

=crissfrgger13:iconcrissfrgger13: reports, 2d 1h ago
In tribute for the season, a special holiday cheer feature!
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Special Weekly Deviation #03

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Special Weekly Deviation #03
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Special Weekly Deviation #02

=RoxRio:iconRoxRio: reports, December 23
Special Weekly Deviaton #02
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Special Weekly Deviation #01

=RoxRio:iconRoxRio: reports, December 22
Special Weekly Deviaton #01
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Gossip Girl Addiction [huge article]

~RobotsEatMyGrandma:iconRobotsEatMyGrandma: reports, December 21
for Gossip Girl fans
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Deepest Fears Feature

=ImaRawkStar:iconImaRawkStar: reports, December 19
Gory, bloody and scary feature!
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The Prop Room: Featured Artist: Session VII

=dakotanorth:icondakotanorth: reports, December 17
The Seventh Installment of The Prop Room: Featured Artists project, Session VII.
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Australian Artists 11 - Calling all Aussie Artists

*bibbles:iconbibbles: reports, December 13
Australian Artists 11 - Calling all Aussie Artists
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An Ode to Generosity

=teaphotography:iconteaphotography: reports, December 13
This my way of thanking the participants of two feature projects in which these artistic deviants were excited and happy to feature their friends. It is a tribute to their generosity and the concept of generosity in general.
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Gossip Girl Addiction [huge article]

~RobotsEatMyGrandma:iconRobotsEatMyGrandma: reports, December 21
for Gossip Girl fans
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42

Deepest Fears Feature

=ImaRawkStar:iconImaRawkStar: reports, December 19
Gory, bloody and scary feature!
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35

Christmas Features

=jazzylemonade:iconjazzylemonade: reports, 1d 1h ago
Christmas features for everyone who asked for one. A showcase of over 100 talented artists.
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Special Weekly Deviation #02

=RoxRio:iconRoxRio: reports, December 23
Special Weekly Deviaton #02
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Special Weekly Deviation #03

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Special Weekly Deviation #03
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Special Weekly Deviation #01

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Special Weekly Deviaton #01
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13

Holiday Cheer Feature!

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In tribute for the season, a special holiday cheer feature!
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For all who added me to their friends list ( #5 )

*ForgivenDreamSoul:iconForgivenDreamSoul: reports, December 23
:wave: =) Hi everyone !!! Being very thankful to all of my friends-watchers for adding me to their friends lists, I want to introduce my watchers-friends and their amazing talents to all world !!! :nod: :gallery: :heart: :earth: :peace: :love:
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Xmas feature: Recommended Deviants: Appreciation

*carbon-dreams:iconcarbon-dreams: reports, 2d 7h ago
These are only a few of my favourite Deviants, to feature them all would take me a lot longer than this did!
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Contest Winners-Fall Photography Contest!

=danikalsupremacy:icondanikalsupremacy: reports, December 22
The entries from the fall photo contest with critiques! Please enjoy everyone
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Winter Features III - Blue Jays

*Jenna-Rose:iconJenna-Rose: reports, February 18
The Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a passerine bird, and a member of the family Corvidae native to North America. It belongs to the "blue" or American jays, which are, among the Corvidae, not closely related to other jays. It is adaptable, aggressive and omnivorous, and has been colonizing new habitat for many decades.

The Blue Jay measures 9-12 inches (22-30 cm) from bill to tail and weighs 2.47-3.53 ounces (70–100 g), with a wingspan of 13–17 in (34–43 cm).[1] There is a pronounced crest on the head, a crown of feathers, which may be raised or lowered according to the bird's mood. When excited or aggressive, the crest may be fully raised. When frightened, the crest bristles outwards, brushlike. When the bird is feeding among other jays or resting, the crest is flattened to the head.

Its plumage is lavender-blue to mid-blue in the crest, back, wings, and tail, and its face is white. The underside is off-white and the neck is collared with black which extends to the sides of the head. The wing primaries and tail are strongly barred with black, sky-blue and white. The bill, legs, and eyes are all black. Males and females are nearly identical; males are slightly larger.
As with other blue-hued birds, the Blue Jay's coloration is not derived by pigments, but is the result of light refraction due to the internal structure of the feathers; if a blue feather is crushed, the blue disappears as the structure is destroyed. This is referred to as structural coloration.
Blue Jays have strong black bills used for cracking nuts, and acorns and for eating corn, grains and seeds, although they also eat insects such as beetles, grasshoppers, and caterpillars.

Blue Jays can make a large variety of sounds, and individuals may vary perceptibly in their calling style. Like other corvids, they may learn to mimic human speech. Blue Jays can also copy the cries of local hawks so well that it is sometimes difficult to tell which it is.[4] Their voice is typical of most jays in being varied, but the most commonly recognized sound is the alarm call, which is a loud, almost gull-like scream. There is also a high-pitched jayer-jayer call that increases in speed as the bird becomes more agitated. Blue Jays will use these calls to band together to mob potential predators such as hawks and drive them away from the jays' nests.
Blue Jays also have quiet, almost subliminal calls which they use among themselves in proximity. One of the most distinctive calls of this type is often referred to as the "rusty pump" owing to its squeaky resemblance to the sound of an old hand-operated water pump. The Blue Jay (and other corvids) are distinct from all other songbirds for using their call as a birdsong.

The Blue Jay occurs from southern Canada through the eastern and central USA south to Florida and northeastern Texas. The western edge of the range stops where the arid pine forest and scrub habitat of the closely related Steller's Jay (C. stelleri) begins. Recently, the range of the Blue Jay has extended northwestwards so that it is now a rare but regularly-seen winter visitor along the northern US and southern Canadian Pacific Coast,[5] and some stray birds may even occur in California nowadays.[verification needed] As the two species' ranges now overlap, it sometimes hybridize with Steller's Jay.
Namely the northernmost subspecies C. c. bromia is migratory, subject to necessity. It may withdraw several hundred kilometers south in the northernmost parts of its range, but even northern birds do not necessarily move south, particularly in mild years with plentiful winter food. It migrates during the daytime, in loose flocks of 5 to 250 birds.
*taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; [link] *



- Winter Feature I - Snowy things: [link]
- Winter Feature II - Cardinals: [link]
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=eskimoblueboy Feb 18, 2009, 2:24:13 PM
These are beautiful birds. One of my favorite.

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*GramMoo Feb 18, 2009, 4:22:21 PM
:D wow..this is a great article on Blue Jays , and thank you so very much for the feature !! :hug:

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=chik1117 Feb 18, 2009, 4:30:03 PM
Lovely selection. Thank you, again, for including me :)

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~Zedarean Feb 18, 2009, 5:37:35 PM
Nice article, and a lot of great pics in here. Thanks for including me :-)
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~potterpuppetpal Feb 18, 2009, 6:35:36 PM
Thanks for putting me in here! :D
these are some amazing birds

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~chafe Feb 18, 2009, 9:23:39 PM
Thank you for featuring my photo here! There's some beautiful art; I'm flattered to be included. :)
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*Kittihawk11 Feb 18, 2009, 10:02:16 PM
:wow: Wow...thank you for including my Blue Jay here. This is a wonderful article and I enjoyed all the great pictures. I am most flattered to be included here...thanks again.
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*Lutra-Gem Feb 18, 2009, 11:51:38 PM
Wow! Thank you very much for the feature! And you've picked some really good art too.

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~AriesCT Feb 19, 2009, 12:38:04 AM
Thank you very much for the feature! :hug:

Nice news article. keep it up :wave:

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