Eastern Phoebe I believe

Well, after weeks of little or no sunlight, I had a few today I was watching come within 10' of the window, eating something not sure what in 25 deg temps and spitting snow...
And they weren't afraid of the camera clicks too... No post processing at all on these... 100% crop..
My apologies for the large photos..

If there not Phoebe's, please let me know... Thanks for taking a look..

Hey Norman, looks like a junco to me...and cold too! Nice captures.

ajosteve wrote in post #9266329
Hey Norman, looks like a junco to me...and cold too! Nice captures.

Thanks Steve, I looked them up too but thought differently but you may be right... I can't imagine what they could be eating between those patio blocks..

That's a female Dark-eyed Junco, Norman. They're ground feeders like most Sparrows. You'd be amazed what's growing between patio blocks and at the edge of rocks in a garden. My yard usually has some in it and they spend most of their time under the feeders. Like the shots you got of her.

Cute shots of the Dark-eyed Juncos Norman... looks like they are eating weed seeds in between the patio blocks... nice detail.

db

Yep, Dark-eyed Junco. Super detail in these, Norman. Well done.

Nice close shots

Great captures Norman, we only see DE Juncos in the winter here. I've yet to spot one this season.

Nice shots.

Joe F.N. wrote in post #9266508
That's a female Dark-eyed Junco, Norman. They're ground feeders like most Sparrows. You'd be amazed what's growing between patio blocks and at the edge of rocks in a garden. My yard usually has some in it and they spend most of their time under the feeders. Like the shots you got of her.

Thanks Joe, I guess your right no telling what's in there..

dbriz wrote in post #9266512
Cute shots of the Dark-eyed Juncos Norman... looks like they are eating weed seeds in between the patio blocks... nice detail.

db

Thanks db, I took several with different exposures as they just stayed there and ate...

Harvey_G wrote in post #9267054
Yep, Dark-eyed Junco. Super detail in these, Norman. Well done.

Thank you Harvey, appreciate your input..

artyman wrote in post #9267175
Nice close shots

Thanks Ken, much appreciated...

Nighthound wrote in post #9267348
Great captures Norman, we only see DE Juncos in the winter here. I've yet to spot one this season.

Thanks Nighthound, I've been seeing more as winter rolls in..

akhan wrote in post #9268814
Nice shots.

Than you, much appreciated...

Great closeups Norman. We only have a few of these guys here this winter.

Thanks Mitch much appreciated. I was shooting from our bathroom window... lol Just when I was still thinking of sending this lens back (Again) I get a few shots like this, but they were pretty close this time..

I was going to say, they look great. Couldn't tell what lens though.

Great detail on the Junco Norman... man you were close!

We have lots of these this time of year and enjoy their unique "song"... (we call them video birds because they sound like a legacy arcade video game )
And yes they scratch and peck up the tiniest bits of something to eat... often you can't even see what it is. But we never have any skinny ones.

Anyway... real good closeup feather details you've captured here.

Kenn

I noticed that I have at least one in the yard feeding with the Sparrows. They are pretty little Birds. You got some very nice shots there.