The dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) is about as glamorous as an old toaster, but for all its ordinariness, it’s Washington’s most reliable backyard bird. How vacant would our winters be ...

Of the 15 dark-eyed Junco subspecies in North America, two reside in Washington state, according to BirdWeb, an online resource of Washington’s birds run by the Seattle Audubon Society.

I suspect the great naturalist and pioneer ornithologist was optimistic in his estimation of junco familiarity. His “snow-bird” is now formally known as the dark-eyed junco, and back in ...

The dark-eyed junco has been chosen as Kitchener's bird. The results of Bird Friendly Kitchener's vote to find a bird to represent the city was announced Monday on CBC K-W's The Morning Edition ...

His “snow-bird” is now formally known as the dark-eyed junco, and back in Audubon’s time, people were far more attuned to the environment. Many if not most people probably were acquainted ...

The month-long bird election saw 1,265 people vote for four feathered candidates including the Killdeer, Merlin, chimney swift and dark-eyed junco. The vote results were: Dark-eyed junco with 45 ...