Snowy Blue Jay from December 17th, 2016

Today's dip into the archives comes from a bunch of photos I took during a snow storm on December 17th, 2016. Because I had the feeder only a few feet away from our bedroom window (as opposed to being at the edge of the woods in our yard during the warmer months) I was able to get some good shots of the snow landing on the birds braving the elements for some seed.

I used a different shot of this same bird for a photo calendar I created for 2017, because I thought this shot didn't have enough color/interest to it, and you couldn't clearly tell it was a Blue Jay since his face was turned away. Now seeing it all this time later, and I think I actually prefer it...LOL! I've included both here - what do you think?

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