“Slate-colored” (2 subtle ssp ... Winter: found in a wide variety of habitats, the dark-eyed junco tends to avoid areas of denser brush; it especially favors feeders, parks, and open forest ...

Adult males are a rich dark slate color above, with snowy underbelly ... Over its vast North American range, the dark-eyed junco varies markedly in appearance. So much so that until 1973 it ...

Chickadees might be popular as tiny birds of Christmas, but the dark-eyed junco ... It comes in several color variations that once identified separate species: white-winged, slate-colored, Oregon ...

The dark-eyed junco, also popularly known as the slate-colored junco, is an abundant ground feeder in the winter around and under feeders. It is 6 inches from beak to tail with a wingspan of 9-10 ...

Even with the color variations, one thing is for sure: The flick of the white outer tail feathers on a departing bird says junco. Dark-eyed juncos used to be classified in the finch family ...

“The dark-eyed junco is commonly found in Washington in two forms, the Oregon and the Slate-colored,” the site states, adding that the Oregon form is far more common. Chatty and relatively at ...

The birds I’m referring to are Dark-eyed Juncos (photo by Ryan Hodnett ... these birds in the Eastern United States was “Slate-colored Junco.” I still call them that today.

THE APPEARANCE of dark-eyed juncos is often thought of as a harbinger of winter’s onset. They appear here in northern New England late in the fall. Their slate upper coloring and white belly eve ...