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Dark Eyed Junco


Dark Eyed Junco
Photo Information
Copyright: Mario Belanger (EOSF1) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-11-12
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400 F4-5.6 L IS USM, ISO 400, B+W 77 010 UV-Haze 1 x
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/160 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-11-16 10:15
Viewed: 1039
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
A Dark-eyed Junco in the garden.
(Junco hyemalis 14-16 cm)

From: www.birds.cornell.edu
A widespread and common small sparrow, the Dark-eyed Junco is most familiar as a winter visitor to bird feeders. It comes in several distinctly different looking forms, but all are readily identified as "juncos" by their plain patterning, dark hood, and white outer tail feathers.
Description
Medium-sized sparrow.
Unstreaked gray or brown, no wingbars (usually).
Gray to black hood.
Belly white.
White outer tail feathers.
Eyes dark. Legs pink.
Size: 14-16 cm (6-6 in)
Wingspan: 18-25 cm (7-10 in)
Weight: 18-30 g (0.64-1.06 ounces)
Sex Differences
Sexes similar, but females average paler and browner.
Sound
Song is a musical trill. Calls a hard "tick," "smack," and a short twittering trill.
Conservation Status
Common.
Other Names
Junco ardoisé (French)
Junco ojo oscuro (Spanish)
Cool Facts
Juncos are the "snowbirds" of the middle latitudes. In the eastern United States, they appear in all but the most northern states only in the winter, and then retreat each spring. Some juncos in the Appalachian Mountains remain there all year round, breeding at the higher elevations. These residents have shorter wings than the migrants that join them each winter. Longer wings help the migrants fly long distances.
The Dark-eyed Junco includes five forms that were once considered separate species. The "slate-colored junco" is the grayest, found from Alaska to Texas and eastward. The "Oregon junco" is boldly marked blackish and brown, with a distinct dark hood, and is found in the western half of the continent. The "gray-headed junco" has a brown back and gray sides and lives in the central Rocky Mountains. The "white-winged junco" is all gray with white wingbars, and breeds only near the Black Hills of South Dakota. The "Guadalupe junco" of Baja California is dull and brownish. Two other forms may be distinguishable: the "pink-sided junco," a pale version of the Oregon junco, living in the northern Rocky Mountains, and the "red-backed junco," a gray-headed junco with a dark upper bill, found in mountains near the Mexican border.
The Dark-eyed Junco is a common bird at winter bird feeders across North America. Data from Project FeederWatch show that it is often the most common feeder bird in an area, and it is on the top-ten lists of all regions except the Southeast and South-Central (where it is 11th and 12th, respectively). To view the top-25 lists of feeder birds from across the continent, go to the Project FeederWatch.
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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1378 W: 56 N: 4747] (16330)
  • [2008-11-16 10:19]

Hello Mario,
Beautiful natural light and colours in this photo. Very good sharpness and details. Excellent POV, pose, BG and composition.
Best regards Siggi

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2912 W: 34 N: 8640] (32202)
  • [2008-11-16 10:19]

Hi Mario. i like the warm effect from the light in this one which is giving a warm glow to the bird and BG. You have taken it with good detail in the feathers and natural colours.with a nice POV/DOF. all with interesting notes .welldone TFS.
Nick..

Hello Mario,

Great shot.
Excellent focus and sharpness.
Lighting and definition are splendid.
Good notes.

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2008-11-16 10:32]

Hi Mario,

Beautiful!!!! Everything about this shot is superb. Wonderful face, eye, wings and plummage with natural colors and sharp details. Excellent pose on the diagonal branch, perfect background and fantastic composition. I'm still waiting to see my first Dark Eyed Junco.

Jane

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 122 N: 2581] (8424)
  • [2008-11-16 10:46]

a fine capture here Mario,
the pov is great, the capture is fantastic, one thin in dof is some pixel noise, thats a shame, farther super shot.
have a nice day.
regard jaap

Hi Mario,
does this bird has a red eye? There's a red shimmer, I like it. Warm light and perfect sharpness, thanks, wonderful
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Merhaba Mario,ben senin karlı fotoğraflarına alıştım ama olsun,buda harika bir fotoğraf,netlik ve detaylar,bakış boşluğu çok güzel,ellerine sağlık :)

I really like the side lighting on this shot Mario. I always admire the subtle, elegant frames that you make.
Nicely executed in all respects.

TFS
Evelynn : )

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2395 W: 94 N: 5542] (17634)
  • [2008-11-16 12:42]

Hello Mario,
Fantastic photo in all aspects. The beautiful BG makes it all more fascinating. But most of all I like the soft light.
Regards,
Peter

Hi Mario, lovely bird with fine details and splendid colors, beautiful diagonal composition with great sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2008-11-16 13:55]

Salut Mario,excellente comme toujours,cette fois le couleurs du derriere sont tres jolie,parfait l'oiseau en details et couleurs,mes compliments,Luciano

salut Mario

belle image du Junco ardoisé avec comme d'habitude,
un excellent POV et cadrage, excellente netteté et détails,
et à chaque fois un nouveau décor pour le background, TFS

Asbed

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  • ubc64 Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 31 W: 3 N: 86] (292)
  • [2008-11-16 17:25]

Hi Mario,

Another Audubon-quality shot! The details and great colors of your image are outstanding. Everything is clear from the bird's beak to its clawed feet. The lovely blurred BG further enhances your image. TFS.

John

Hello Mario

I really enjoy these little birds in the back garden,they do make a bit of noise though.
This is a sharp ,well focused image showing lots of detail.
The colours are well saturated,and the plumage detail is well defined.
Well composed in a natural setting.
TFS

Wolf

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16522)
  • [2008-11-16 22:59]

Hi Mario

Another excellent immage of a Junco from you. Lovely pose and setail.

James

Hi Mario!

Already the thumbnail told me that this is a picture of you. You have a style, and that's good. Moreover, you have the secret to combine instructive and scientific notes with lovely and beautiful pictures. This one is not only pleasant because of its clarity, but only because of the marvellous colours. As a photographer, I would be interested to know what the postprocessing in a picture like this one is like.

Kind regards

Markus

Hi Mario,
Very good capture of this Dark-eyed Junco with great POV, pose and composition, sharp details and nicely blurred BG.
TFS
Pekka

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