Copyright Suzanne E. Wagner 2013
I have often wondered where the birds go during a storm, or
a hurricane, or a blizzard. Where
do they find refuge when the cold and windy elements of nature rumble in? One day as I was sitting in my study
during a snowstorm I looked out of the window to find a Dark-Eyed Junco, Junco hyemales sitting on a branch
hunkered down for the duration of the storm.
Not only was this Junco hunkered down for the ensuing
snowstorm, he was also camouflaged quite convincingly. The moss green, deep browns and the
grey of the tree trunk hid the Junco nicely and the distinctive horizontal
light and dark demarcation of the Junco’s breast feathers also helped to
camouflage this type of sparrow among the bare branches. To top it all off the snow was falling
at a fast pace so I am sure this ‘snowbird’, as they are sometimes called,
loved it.
Beautiful. It has the feeling of Japanese brush painting.
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