Breeding: breeds in coniferous or mixed woodlands. Winter: found in a wide variety of habitats, the dark-eyed junco tends to avoid areas of denser brush; it especially favors feeders, parks ...

Learn how to identify a dark-eyed junco. With their distinctive look, you certainly won’t confuse adult eastern towhees for chipping sparrows or song sparrows. Whitney says, “Towhees are ...

One of the hardiest sparrows, this is the only one likely to winter in much of the far northern United States and southern Canada, where the dark-eyed junco can also be found. At that season it is ...

The dark-eyed junco doesn’t look the same in Colorado as it does in Oregon. “Everyone has a different flavor of junco they ...