Summit video
A Gray Jay Among Mount Hancock's Snowy Spruce
A gray jay perches close to the camera among heavily snow-covered spruce on Mount Hancock.
The small gray bird rests on a bowed evergreen branch surrounded by deep, bright snow. The view then shifts past the bird toward dense frosted trees and glimpses of the neighboring mountains.
Photographer’s field note
The close wildlife encounter gives the winter forest a scale and immediacy absent from a distant panorama.
Transcript and technical metadata
Audio transcript
[Quiet wind with faint footsteps.]