Hence, the dark-eyed junco at my birdbath was the subspecies slate-colored junco. The handsome male bird has a swank, slate-gray cowl that extends to its wings and tail, with a neat trim of white ...

The dark-eyed junco is actually part of the new world sparrow group and between the 15 subspecies is one of the most widespread birds in North America. Populations thrive from the Arctic to ...

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.

Last year, 2020, on Oct. 18, with a heavy frost the snowbirds arrived in our yard. The year prior, 2019, they arrived on Oct. 15. This year the snowbirds, aka a dark-eyed junco (once known as the ...

No, this isn't about those folks who spend their winters in Arizona or Florida. The snowbird behind this warning is an actual bird, the dark-eyed junco, a small creature you probably know if you ...

Outdoors Dark-eyed junco Junco hyemalis Still haven’t taken the old Christmas tree out of the yard? Think about waiting a few more weeks, and maybe even moving it closer to your bird feeders.

The dark-eyed junco is a common spring and fall migrant throughout Minnesota, and a common winter visitor in the southern part of the state. During the summer, some nest in northern St. Louis and ...

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 ...

The North American population of Dark-eyed juncos is estimated at approximately 280 million, second only to the American Robin in overall population size in North America.

There are plenty of dark-eyed juncos to see. The population, which breeds strictly in the U.S. and Canada, numbers about 630 million individuals, or about two juncos for every person.

Sports Outdoors Reader photo: Dark-eyed Junco takes a breather Wed., March 30, 2022 Tom Bauer took this photo of a dark-eyed Junco in the Garland neighborhood on March 23, 2022. (Courtesy of Tom ...