Junco hyemalis oreganus

I spent a lot of my picture-taking time today concentrating on the Juncos (since they were almost the only bird around). There is so much variation in the races of these little sparrows that I always find examples of birds that are hard to classify, especially when I see birds that are somewhere in between a Pink-sided Junco and an Oregon Junco. This one is comfortably in the Oregon class, with a solid dark hood, and no mask between the bill and eye. Later, I will post some Juncos that I find hard to classify.