Jocelyn Anderson Photography

Close-up of a sweet Black-capped Chickadee with a shallow depth of field. Chickadee noggins don't get bigger in the fall and winter but their brains do about by 30%. This increase in the brain's memory center helps them remember where they have stored thousands of seeds.

Ready for the Bird Winter Olympics: a Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored subspecies) doing some downhill (downbranch?) skiing.

A Blue Jay takes flight with a spray of snow.

A Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored subspecies) watching the snow fall.

A male Northern Cardinal landing on the nature trail to help clean up fallen seed.

A close-up of a Tufted Titmouse with his/her tuft blowing in the wind. I love their black eyelashes. The thin black feathers around the break are rictal bristles, which are common in many birds but their size and placement differs between species.

A Northern Cardinal kicks up snow as he hops along the boardwalk railing. From this angle he looks like he has tiny little wings for a Cardinal.

A Winter Wren bopping along the edge of a fallen log. I find these birds to be the cutest of the wrens we have here in Michigan due to their spherical shape.

A Red-tailed Hawk giving a look over my way before focusing in other areas of the woods, which had squirrels and chipmunks and were much more interesting.

A Northern Cardinal with a few seeds stuck to his beak from feasting on multi-flora rose.

A Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored subspecies) tummy deep in the snow. Their coat of feathers is 30% heavier during the colder months to help them stay warm.

A Tufted Titmouse scatters snow as he/she makes an arrival.

A male Pileated Woodpecker checks a spot in the bark for tasty ants.

Blue Jays having a bit of a scrum in the snow.

A young Red-headed Woodpecker, who is still getting in the red noggin feathers, keeps an eye on some Blue Jays flying around nearby.

An American Tree Sparrow, one of the Winter visitors here in Michigan, perches on a snow covered branch.

A male Eastern Bluebird about to dine on a berry. I believe this a Greenbrier plant, but I could be off on that.

The male Northern Cardinal is a brilliant pop of color on a snowy morning.

A Bald Eagle gives me a look as he/she passes by and heads out to the lake, perhaps to do some fishing or duck hunting.

A Tufted Titmouse looking adorable and completely unbothered by the wind and the snow.

A Black-capped Chickadee puffed up into a ball. This round shape can look very fierce and formidable to other birds.

A male Pileated Woodpecker dining on Virginia Creeper berries.

"Peanuts please!" -Tufted Titmouse

Wild Turkey feather appreciation post. Their feathers are stunning in the sunshine.

A young Cooper's Hawk cruising above the tree tops. This hawk was being yelled at by Blue Jays who were informing the hawk to leave for a different part of the woods.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my amazing followers! 🦃

A male Eastern Bluebird with a golden glow background from the morning sunlight.

A cute little butterball, the Winter Wren. They like to bounce around in the undergrowth but will pop up to a branch to take a look around before popping back down and out of sight.

The Red-headed Woodpecker is such a sharp looking bird. Love the steel blue edging to their black feathers.

A Red-tailed Hawk surveying the woods. He liked this spot; after a taking a few photos, I tootled around the park and came back to see him still in the same spot an hour later.