another junco

I know they aren't eagles but today I have a ton of them in my back yard. I counted 18 at one point all on my feeders and around my deck and garden.

so here is another one.

still learning so I know the snow is washed out, so if anyone can help on that please. I can't seem to get it right with just about anything white.

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It's a tought shot Scott, I can't help you, but someone here might be able to! Seems like the dark background and having no sun doesn't help at all. Try again on a sunny day, without the snow.

Thanks Steve, I am sure shooting through a double pain slider doesn't help either

Sweet little birds. You would never guess they were a form of sparrow.

Use Evaluative metering, Av Mode, and dial in some negative exposure compensation. That will darken the image by forcing the shutter to go faster for what the camera says is a good exposure. Your tricking it.

Thanks Mitch, I will give that a shot

I've found that spot metering is too easy to mess up with. It's a small spot and it you get off the main subject, even a little bit, the metering will be way off. Not sure if that matters in Manual Mode, cause I just never use it to shoot birds. Too many things change to fast when shooting birds. Av does a great job in the 30D, adjusting the shutter speed way faster than I ever could in Manual Mode.

It's possible but they have more of a orange tint to them then the pink.