A female Oregon junco standing on a branch with green lichen

Oregon Junco

Victoria, British Columbia

The oceanic climate of Vancouver Island brings constant moisture on shore from the Pacific Ocean, which allows all kinds of moss and lichen to survive on just about any surface. Rocks, trees, branches, and even the occasional house have lichens growing on them, in a range of colors from dark green to turquoise. When this female Oregon junco hopped up onto one of those branches, she framed herself perfectly against its upward curve and stayed put long enough for me to get off a few frames. Even though it was late February, the West Coast spring had already begun, and small plants were beginning to leaf out. In a few more weeks, the red background of distant bare branches will be green with new foliage, all while the rest of the country still has to dig out from snow and ice.

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