dark-eyed junco

Dark-eyed junco. Male of slate-colored race. A nice example of the dark tail with outer white feathers.

I've been having way too much fun with these broken pine brances! Hope you don't get tired of seeing all the little birds perched amongst the little pine cones. LOL I've been sprinkling a bit of Niger seed in the fans of needles so the birds hop about enjoying a snack and I enjoy watching and...

December and now January has been a poor time for bird photography in NC. Gotta get better, of course any day we can get a shot is a good day.

Can't find a Dark-eyed Junco quite this color in either Peterson or Sibley. They tend to hybridize.

Another cloudy day, seems like that is all we have had for December, but got this shot of a Junco.

Caught this little visitor on a cloudy Christmas Eve. Hope everyone had a happy and safe Christmas and hope Santa was good to you.

I took this during the snow storm on Sunday and liked the monochromatic feel of this image. The quiet greys of the Junco and the background with the blur of the falling snow brings back the feeling of sitting outside in the hush of the snowfall. The only sounds were a gentle hiss of the snow...

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Hi folks: Took a visit to Madera Kubo B&B, Madera Canyon, AZ, and found lots of new birds, though light was bad and I had to use flash we enjoyed ourselves for about 1 1/2 hours. Even had a piece of pecan pie that Cora had made . . Yummms Birds I saw today: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hepatic...

I can't remember a November, in California, that has been this warm. There has not been one day that was below 70 deg., and many that were above 80 deg. It's depressing ( I know there are many thinking that one man's lament is anothers wish). I don't know if this is a record but I intend to look...

I was out in the hide over the weekend on a very cold and windy day trying to get the finches in the late afternoon light (on a perch facing west) when this cutie popped up in the garden and hopped up onto a broken branch off my hydrangea tree. As I said it was late afternoon and this part of...

This was from a few days ago when I had a large flock of these birds in the garden. At one point in the afternoon there were about fifteen birds in the ornamental pond having a bath and a drink of water. I took quite a few photos but most were destined for the bin as there was a lot of action...

My winter flock of these delightful birds has arrived for the season and they are such charmers. I seem to have quite a few of them this year but with fewer Song and White-throated Sparrows traveling with the mixed Sparrow flock. I hope to see some American Tree Sparrows and Field Sparrows in...

A junco feeding on spilled corn.

Went to the 'hill towns' outside Albany, NY today looking for warblers. Only saw a few and non cooperative enough for a good photo. Did see about 60 or so of these guys.

I believe that this junco belongs to the "Slate-colored" race and that the brownish gray coloration indicates a female.

I believe this junco belongs to the "Slate-colored" race and that the dark gray indicates a male.

Common year-round species in our neighborhood.

Well most of them have taken off heading north.

The Sibley field guide describes 6 geographical populations of this common North American emberizid. In winter they are found at lower latitudes, and at lower altitudes, than in summer. All are characterized by a pinkish bill and by white outer tail feathers, which are especially conspicuous...

Photo taken at Madera Kubo B&B, Madera Canyon, AZ. My favourite birding spot.

These birds have been enjoying the red pepper suet I've put out. Lately I've been getting more Sparrows and Juncos on my Woodpecker perch than the Woodies!

Another in this series of morphed images putting the pairs together. These birds are quite similar between the sexes but the females are generally paler and a bit browner.