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.

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 ...

It's easy to identify a dark-eyed junco by the white flash of its tail as it flies or hops on the ground. It's song is not a song at all, but rather a sharp, high-pitched "tick ... tick" sound.

“I usually hear their ‘chip, chip’ sound before I see them,” Smith says. The dark-eyed junco is a species in the New World sparrow family.

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.

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.

One of my favorite local illustrators, Diana Sudyka, picks the dark-eyed junco as her Bird of 2012. The use of birds in the decorative arts took a hit with the (admittedly well-targeted ...