Snow days
are fun days for me when it comes to birding, especially when the sun is shining. The birds are hungry and plenty, and the photos just look better with the pretty background. The morning light is especially nice, and I have been bringing out the cameras a bit earlier to catch some of it. This House Finch clearly seemed to enjoy the warming rays. As a comparison, there is also a House Finch in normal daylight.
Ragnar the Bluebird man
is having a relationship with the golden morning light and the camera. There is no bird that looks better on my setup than the Bluebird. It is no wonder that they are one of my favorites. And the inspiration for my alias. “Ostdrossel” was what came up when I first tried to find out the German name for the Eastern Bluebird. An automated translation result. In reality, they are Rotkehl-Hüttensänger (“red-throated hut singers”), which is also not too bad of a name.