Black-eyed Junco

The cold has descended upon us with a vengeance and I know it's going to stay this time. Not only are my joints telling me this is so, but the Juncos have arrived.

This could be a little sharper, but as far as a hand-held shot goes, it's not too bad!

[Laur]

I like how his black eyes are so far apart and blend in with the feathers. Also the processing is really great, as is the frame. I really like the tone of yellow too.

[Sally Ings]

Lovely looking bird, interesting colours

[Vicki Dixon]

he is a fatty! with a mouthful of food too! keep warm!

[Jenny Ren]

Lovely bird!

[Nancy]

Neat photo, looks like he is doing his share of eating for winter.

[Joyce]

He's stocking up for winter!

[Laura]

Cute photo.

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely capture and a cute bird. Here the cold hasn't started yet, only a bit cool in the evenings.

[Francoise]

the background is awesome!

[Francoise]

(not trying to denigrate the bird)

[alia_801]

Great pic of the pretty junco - I love his eyelashes too :)

[Graham Thresher]

Great capture.

[Kerri]

Beautiful bird

[Lynn]

Fantastic close up capture, love his eye-lashes too.

[Taffy]

I like the way you've used color blocking to create this image. Looks wonderful.

[Hope D Jennings]

Love these birds.A wonderful closeup

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful close up shot of this nice bird. Great framing too.

[Janiskay]

Wonderful little harbinger of cold.

[Margaret Obey]

Ann, this is beautiful, fav

[Rick Schies]

Nice close-up shot

[Bill Fenske]

love the lighting and the background color

[Linda H.Y. Hegland]

Very nice shot, Liked how your used the background to feature the bird.

[Susan]

Love your processing

[Henri Russell]

Good close up.

[Kerri Michaels]

cool..fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

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My thanks to all! For those of you who commented on the background- it's actually the rung and a space between the next rung on the railing on my deck. The zoom is so tight on this shot it has completely erased any detail in the background. I really liked how that happened although I had not really planned it.

@ceilidh @moviegal1 Thank you Margaret and Kerri M. for the favs!

[Bev]

Nice shot, Ann. I like Dark-eyed Juncos. My favorite though is the Eastern Phoebe. Those are so cute. I have only seen the Dark-eyed Juncos in cooler temperature when I first moved in here. Does that mean I should start looking for them out back again? Fav

[W.MARK HATCH]

great shot.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@prttblues Thank you Bev! And thank you for the fav too! They are a winter bird for me- usually arriving late October, early November, so they're right on time this year. I would think they'd be up in your area too, so be on the look out for them. They are ground feeders.
@mhatch Thank you Mark!