Vegreville egg
The Vegreville egg is a giant sculpture of a pysanka, a Ukrainian-style Easter egg. The work by Paul Maxum Sembaliuk is built of an intricate set of two-dimensional anodized aluminum tiles in the shape of congruent equilateral triangles and star-shaped hexagons, fashioned over an aluminum framework. The egg is long and three and a half stories high, weighing in at . It is the second largest pysanka in the world. The biggest one was built in Kolomyia, Ukraine in 2000.
Przevalski's nuthatch
Przevalski's nuthatch ("Sitta przewalskii"), originally given the "nomen nudum" "Sitta eckloni", is a bird species in the Sittidae family, collectively known as nuthatches. Long regarded as a subspecies of the white-cheeked nuthatch ("Sitta leucopsis"), it nevertheless differs significantly in morphology and vocalizations. Both "S. przewalskii" and "S. leucopsis" have been regarded as closely related to the North American white-breasted nuthatch ("Sitta carolinensis"). It is a medium-sized nuthatch, measuring about in length. Its upper body is a dark gray-blue or slate color, becoming dark blue-black at the crown. The cheeks and throat are a white buff-orange, turning to a rich cinnamon on the underparts that intensifies in color on the sides of the breast. Vocalizations consist of alternating series of ascending whistles and short notes.