{"id":90276,"date":"2020-10-11T06:02:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T12:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=90276"},"modified":"2020-10-11T06:58:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T12:58:16","slug":"dark-eyed-junco-the-snowbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-the-snowbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark-eyed Junco – The Snowbird"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another in my irregular series on the ‘common’ species.<\/p>\n

And they don’t come much more common than Dark-eyed Juncos which occur throughout almost the entirety of the North American continent in numbers estimated to be about 630 million individual birds. That’s about two juncos for every man, woman and child in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Five days ago in a remote area of Box Elder County this one popped up on a rock while I was photographing other birds. The side mirror of my pickup was in the way of my long lens and I was shooting through tall vegetation so I had to contort my body into an incredibly awkward position to get the bird in my viewfinder. As a result this is the only sharp and unobstructed shot I got.<\/p>\n

And I’m happy to have it because I like the natural setting, the background colors and the seemingly demure demeanor of the junco.<\/p>\n

In 1831 John James Audubon said of this little sparrow, “there is not an individual in the Union who does not know the little Snow-bird,\u201d and to many people “snowbird” is still the preferred common name of the species.<\/p>\n

Many folks never see this bird until the snow flies but here in Utah we’re lucky enough to have them year round.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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