It is that season
14 Thursday Mar 2024
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14 Thursday Mar 2024
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12 Tuesday Mar 2024
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25 Thursday Jan 2024
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birds, Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis, missouri, rain, weather
24 Wednesday Jan 2024
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birds, fog, missouri, Parus bicolor, Tufted Titmouse, weather
15 Monday Jan 2024
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American Goldfinch, birds, Blue Jay, Carduelis tristis, Cyanocitta cristata, Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis, missouri, weather
Today in west central Missouri:
And more snow:

American Goldfinch. Carduelis tristus.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/640, ISO 400, 400 mm.
Previously:
Currently 4° F (January 13, 2024)
Single digit diner (January 13, 2024)
Currently -8° F, wind chill -22° F (January 14, 2024)
We’re having a heat wave… (January 15, 2023)
Out in the cold (January 15, 2024)
15 Monday Jan 2024
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Today in west central Missouri:
And a little later:
Previously:
Currently 4° F (January 13, 2024)
Single digit diner (January 13, 2024)
Currently -8° F, wind chill -22° F (January 14, 2024)
We’re having a heat wave… (January 15, 2023)
15 Monday Jan 2024
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Yeah, right.
Currently -6° F, wind chill -21° F.
This morning:

White-throated Sparrow. Zonotrichia albicollis.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/800, ISO 1600, 400 mm.
Previously:
Currently 4° F (January 13, 2024)
Single digit diner (January 13, 2024)
Currently -8° F, wind chill -22° F (January 14, 2024)
14 Sunday Jan 2024
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birds, Carpodacus mexicanus, cold, House Finch, missouri, weather
This morning in west central Missouri:

House Finch. Carpodacus mexicanus.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/160, ISO 1600, 400 mm.
“What you lookin’ at?”
Previously:
Currently 4° F (January 13, 2024)
Single digit diner (January 13, 2024)
13 Saturday Jan 2024
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birds, Blue Jay, Bombycilla cedorum, Cedar Waxwing, Cyanocitta cristata, Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis, Melanerpes carolinus, missouri, Red-bellied Woodpecker, weather, winter
This afternoon in west central Missouri:

Red-bellied Woodpecker. Melanerpes carolinus.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 8.0, 1/500, ISO 400, 400 mm.

Red-bellied Woodpecker. Melanerpes carolinus.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 8.0, 1/500, ISO 400, 400 mm.

“Squabbling”
Dark-eyed Junco. Junco hyemalis.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 8.0, 1/500, ISO 400, 400 mm.
And like a scene from a movie, dozens stayed back on nearby tree branches, watching and waiting:

Cedar Waxwing. Bombycilla cedorum.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 10.0, 1/800 ISO 800, 400 mm.

Cedar Waxwing. Bombycilla cedorum.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 9.0, 1/800, ISO 800, 400 mm.
Previously:
Currently 4° F (January 13, 2024)
13 Saturday Jan 2024
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