This little bird is a dark-eyed junco. It is a member of a genus of small American sparrows that are commonly referred to as "snow birds." The plumage of a dark-eyed junco's head, neck and breast ...

Dark-eyed junco birds primarily eat seeds and insects. Along with the aforementioned sources of food, including corn, millet, and weeds seeds, their diet also consists of seeds from grasses.

Come mid-March, dark-eyed juncos start their northward journey. By May, nearly all of them have moved north, leaving us with to deal with a five-month junco hiatus.