{"id":167615,"date":"2026-01-27T05:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=167615"},"modified":"2026-01-27T05:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:22:24","slug":"snowy-dark-eyed-junco-close-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/01\/27\/snowy-dark-eyed-junco-close-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Dark-eyed Junco Close Ups"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SnowySnowy Dark-eyed Junco close up \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/640, ISO 1600, +2.3 EV, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

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. The juncos were hungry, and they weren\u2019t being shy.<\/p>\n

\"Slate-coloredSlate-colored Dark-eyed Junco kicking up snow in a storm \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/640, ISO 1600, +2.0 EV, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The low light, snowy conditions help to create high key type photos, which I like a lot. Having the juncos so close also showed off their fine feather details.<\/p>\n

This female junco kicked up the snow when she landed in front of where I sat quietly in my camping chair.<\/p>\n

\"LowLow light Dark-eyed Junco portrait in a snowstorm \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/640, ISO 1600, +2.3 EV, Canon RF 100-500mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I didn’t stay outside long, because the temps were in the single digits, but I am glad I had enough light to take these close up portraits of the Slate-colored Dark-eyed Juncos<\/span><\/a> that came in for the food I put out.<\/p>\n

\"SnowySnowy Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco male portrait \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/800, ISO 1600, +2.3 EV, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

These \u201csnow birds\u201d always remind me of my mother. She loved seeing them when they would visit during the winter in Virginia. Seeing and photographing these juncos was a gift that stirred up wonderful memories.<\/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":"

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2749,13973,17051],"tags":[4004,4142,2750,4070,6036,2751,6037,10009,156,4062,4046,15907,4050,4509,4899,4328,855,4195,373,17096],"class_list":["post-167615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-dark-eyed-juncos","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-county","tag-adult","tag-close-up","tag-dark-eyed-junco","tag-female","tag-junco","tag-junco-hyemalis","tag-juncos","tag-kicking","tag-low-light-2","tag-male","tag-portrait","tag-slate-colored","tag-snow","tag-snow-storm","tag-snowstorm","tag-snowy","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-winter","tag-winter-storm-fern"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dark-eyed-junco-snowstorm-ok-mia-mcpherson-4948.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-HBt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":168008,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/02\/01\/male-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco-in-a-snowstorm\/","url_meta":{"origin":167615,"position":0},"title":"Male Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco In A Snowstorm","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning, I'm sharing a simple male Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco photo I took one week ago during a snowstorm. 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