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Surviving Winter

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by hmellon on 04 Jan 2022
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A female Pine Grosbeak takes a pause in her busy day just surviving winter. We've had a long and very cold spell here since mid-December and it's not easy for any of the birds having to cope with frigid temperatures, bitter wind chills and heavy snowfall 24/7. I've taken to feeding them sunflower seeds on the snow, since they don't use the feeders, to help them through this endless cold snap.

  • Camera: NIKON D500
  • Focal: 380 mm
  • Shutter speed: 0.03333333333 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 6.3
tagged: female pine grosbeak peeking through the branches bird animal finch outdoors nature

3 comments


Jeff Aelick posted 2022-01-12 12:59am

you ones looking throw branchis good eye

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Debra Plett posted 2022-01-05 8:38am

Very pretty image Heather. I really like how the soft grey tones of her body are slightly darker than the background. She probably knows that you are the one leaving the seed and is happy to see you and to let you take a few pictures. Stay warm.

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Yves Langlois posted 2022-01-04 6:27pm

Like very much that shot Heather. Unusual. The kind I like to do myself. The bird blends in the overall compo with an interesting balance. Like very much the effect produced by the overall capture.

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