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.

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 ...

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 ...

For more information on dark-eyed juncos, visit one of the three Moana Nursery store locations at 1100 W. Moana Ln. and 11301 S. Virginia St. in Reno and 7644 Pyramid Hwy. in Sparks.

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 ...

The Mexican Junco pioneers led to our Dark-eyed Junco. Given more time and separation, it's likely that today's Dark-eyed Junco will be split into several species.

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 ...

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.

File photo of a dark-eyed junco. It's one of the many birds counted in the 2014 Great Backyard Bird Count. Barbara Gleason is co-owner of two Wild Birds Unlimited stores in Eugene. She says the ...