Junco in Snow
by Mike Lee
Title
Junco in Snow
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
This image captures a Dark Eyed Junco foraging for seeds in the snow. The little juncos have a bit of a symbiotic relationship with the gold finches we feed in the winter. As the finches drop seeds from the finch sock in the tree above the juncos swoop in and pick up the scraps. On this particular morning we’d had so much show that I’d piled a large berm on the edge of the patio which made it easy to sit in a chair and shoot almost eye level with the energetic little critters.
I rather liked the minimalistic feel of this capture with the lone bird surrounded by snow.
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December 27th, 2021
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Comments (13)
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of The Artists Group, 11/30/2023! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits!
Steve Rich
Your work deserves to be showcased on the homepage of "The Meandering Photographer" Please consider adding this work to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (Oct-Nov 2023)" active discussion thread. (l/f on 11-30-2023)
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! This simple and essential image is a Featured Image in the “Best of Minimalism” group on FAA. The artist is invited to add the image to the group’s current “2022 Feature Archive” Discussion topic.
Susan Buscho
All I know, Mike, is that was the bird book I had stated it was a hooded junco when I looked it up. I live in Minnesota so we see them (Junco's) here all the time.
Susan Buscho
Is that a dark eyed Junco or a black hooded Junco, Mike? In any case, it is a cute picture!
Mike Lee replied:
Thank you, Susan! I've never heard of a Black Hooded Junco and neither has Google...lol. Some folks also call them Oregon Juncos (I assume Oregonians) so perhaps Black Hooded is a local name too. They are pretty wide spread.
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