{"id":74958,"date":"2020-10-28T05:51:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=74958"},"modified":"2024-11-02T13:07:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T18:07:49","slug":"dark-eyed-junco-and-rabbitbrush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/10\/28\/dark-eyed-junco-and-rabbitbrush\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark-eyed Junco And Rabbitbrush"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dark-eyedDark-eyed Junco eating rabbitbrush seeds \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I went out into the canyons of the West Desert mountains yesterday morning and although finding birds was a challenge I did come home with a few Dark-eyed Junco images that I liked. In one location there were Dark-eyed Juncos and White-crowned Sparrows feasting on rabbitbrush seeds next to the road and a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets were foraging for insects at the base of the bushes.<\/p>\n

One of the Dark-eyed Juncos that I had in my viewfinder was perched on top of a rabbitbrush with seeds and fluff in its bill that turned its head towards me. Just a few weeks ago the rabbitbrush was in bloom and their sunny yellow flowers were attracting bees and butterflies. With the arrival of autumn and cooler weather the ripened seeds of those rabbitbrushes are drawing in small, seed-eating birds.<\/p>\n

Tip: Big clumps of rabbitbrush can attract lots of smaller birds once they have set seed.<\/p>\n

\"Dark-eyedDark-eyed Junco perched in a rabbitbrush \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

In this photo most of the Dark-eyed Junco is hidden by the rabbitbrush fluff but I liked this image. This junco was watching several other birds in the area that were flitting around in nearby bushes. After I took this image the junco flew off. I’ve made a mental note to go back to this location to watch for birds the next time I wander out into the West Desert.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

One of the Dark-eyed Juncos that I had in my viewfinder was perched on top of a rabbitbrush with seeds and fluff in its bill that turned its head towards me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136185,"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":[27,2749,1316,358,26,1314],"tags":[970,3940,2750,4098,4286,4620,6036,2751,7814,6037,4069,2754,4104,4289,7817,2135,855,4195],"class_list":["post-74958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-dark-eyed-juncos","category-stansbury-mountains-utah","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","tag-autumn","tag-canyon","tag-dark-eyed-junco","tag-desert","tag-eating","tag-fall","tag-junco","tag-junco-hyemalis","tag-junco-hyemalis-oreganus","tag-juncos","tag-mountains","tag-oregon-group","tag-perched","tag-rabbitbrush","tag-rabbitbrush-fluff","tag-seeds","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-9032.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-jv0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48989,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/10\/16\/dark-eyed-junco-mullein-blooming-rabbitbrush\/","url_meta":{"origin":74958,"position":0},"title":"Dark-eyed Junco, Mullein & Blooming Rabbitbrush","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday while looking for birds to photograph a single Dark-eyed Junco popped up into my view and perched on a dried mullein stalk in front of blooming rabbitbrush.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Dark-eyed Junco perched on Mullein in front of blooming Rabbitbrush, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-oregon-rabbitbrush-mullein-mia-mcpherson-6368.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-oregon-rabbitbrush-mullein-mia-mcpherson-6368.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-oregon-rabbitbrush-mullein-mia-mcpherson-6368.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-oregon-rabbitbrush-mullein-mia-mcpherson-6368.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60673,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/10\/05\/west-desert-wandering-birds-bees-and-blooms\/","url_meta":{"origin":74958,"position":1},"title":"West Desert Wandering – Birds, Bees, And Blooms","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Even though I came home with very few photos I'm still glad I went wandering. 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