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Snowy Dark-eyed Junco Close Ups

By |January 27th, 2026|Categories: Birds, Dark-eyed Juncos, Oklahoma, Sequoyah County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago, during Winter Storm Fern, I was able to sit outside and photograph snowy Dark-eyed Junco close ups; sometimes they were even too close.

Winter Male Purple Finch Images Plus A Fun Bonus Photo

By |February 20th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Northern Cardinals, Purple Finches, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

After the sleet, ice, and snow from the recent winter storm, I was thrilled to have a Purple Finch in my viewfinder for a bit—even though it was bitter cold.

Mockzilla The Northern Mockingbird In Snow

By |January 17th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Northern Mockingbirds, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Mockzilla, the extremely territorial Northern Mockingbird, was great fun to photograph during the recent snowstorm in Arkansas because she or he seemed calmer.

Snowy Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco Photos From Arkansas

By |January 16th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Dark-eyed Juncos, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The second day of the big snowstorm here in Arkansas last week had me out on the deck, taking snowy Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco photos along with other birds.

First Winter Harris’s Sparrow In An Arkansas Snowstorm

By |January 10th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Harris's Sparrow, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was over the moon when I saw and photographed a first-winter Harris's Sparrow in a snowstorm yesterday. I’ve waited years and years to take these photos.

Killdeer In A Spring Snowstorm

By |April 5th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Killdeer, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning, after blowing, shoveling, and scraping about nine to ten inches of snow, I went looking for birds and found a Killdeer in a spring snowstorm.

Spring Wild Turkey Photos With Snow

By |April 4th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Three years ago by this date I was already taking Wild Turkey photos in the canyons of the sky island mountains of the West Desert of Utah.

Winter Has Arrived Along With Many Opportunities To Photograph Birds

By |November 9th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Common Goldeneyes, Hooded Mergansers, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When the weather turns colder, the clouds gather, and the snow falls I still have plenty of birds to photograph here in northern Utah.

European Starling On A Snowy Winter Day

By |February 6th, 2020|Categories: Birds, European Starlings, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When this European Starling perched in a Crabapple tree close to me during the snowstorm I was able to get a few photos of it before my hands started to hurt from the cold.

Winter Weather And Low Light Bird Photography Ahead

By |November 29th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Low light, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah, weather|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I actually like photographing birds in a snow storm because the low light situations test my skills, the limits of my gear and the resulting photos often have a moody feeling to them.

Winter Ring-billed Gull Adult

By |October 3rd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I photographed this adult Ring-billed Gull last winter at my local pond and loved the snow in the frame, the muted colors of the gull's plumage and the pops of color in the eye and bill of the gull.

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