birds, GitUp, photo Ostdrossel . birds, GitUp, photo Ostdrossel .

After the excitement

of the very frosty snow days, activity has mellowed out a bit again. Many birds are coming to feed but there is nothing super exciting happening and the light is mostly murky too. I did love this House Finch and the Junco in the evening light. The Junco is one of those that have lots of brown muddled into the slate plumage. I always feel like they look more warm than the super sharp “snowbird” slate and white Juncos. Come good into the weekend and stay warm!

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This morning

temperatures were at -18 °C (I was born and raised in Germany, and Fahrenheit does not make sense to me, sorry). It was frosty but the sun was shining, and the snow was beautiful. Snow and sun always make for nice, clear photos, and some visitors showed their “chocolate side” as we say in German 🙂

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