{"id":137681,"date":"2024-12-05T02:31:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T08:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=137681"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:55:44","slug":"december-female-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/12\/05\/december-female-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco\/","title":{"rendered":"December Female Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m enjoying sharing my Dark-eyed Junco photos from Arkansas almost as much as I enjoy hearing, seeing, and photographing them since they arrived this fall.<\/p>\n

\"FemaleFemale Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco in December \u2013 Canon R7, f8, 1\/80, ISO 800, +0.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

This lovely little female Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco flew to the feeder two days ago, and I simply couldn’t resist photographing her. Not that I’d even try to resist, that’s just not part of my nature at all.<\/p>\n

The only thing that would have made taking this image better would have been sharing the photos with my mom. She always adored juncos. We\u2019d call each other whenever we spotted our first juncos of the season. I\u2019m missing those moments.<\/p>\n

So far, I haven\u2019t been able to take the photos I want of the Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco males. They\u2019re coming to the feeders, but they\u2019re acting more skittish than the females. I\u2019ll keep trying, though.<\/p>\n

Perhaps as daytime temperatures grow colder, the juncos will get stickier than they\u2019ve been. I\u2019ve found cold temperatures tend to do that with quite a few bird species.<\/p>\n

Even when I am not photographing the juncos I see here, I am thoroughly delighted to watch them in such close proximity.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to view more of my Dark-eyed Junco photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m enjoying sharing my Dark-eyed Junco photos from Arkansas almost as much as I enjoy hearing, seeing, and photographing them since they arrived this 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