Winter is an exciting time for birdwatchers because it's the season when dark-eyed junco birds can be spotted. These ...

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 ...

Dark-eyed Juncos are known for a trill in flight or “rattling chip” sounds, as Hagen describes it. These might be heard as chew, chew, chew, chew. Known officially as Junco hyemalis ...

Most winters, the dark-eyed junco is one of the most common birds at my feeder. While I rarely see juncos in summer, except when hiking in the mountains, small flocks of juncos typically appear soon ...

Juncos are in the sparrow family, and dark-eyed juncos (at one time called slate ... white-winged and Guadalupe junco. But now, some people consider juncos to be one species with many variations.

While winter can be dreary and cold, there is still plenty of beauty to be found within the season. Photo by Yulia Ilina/Pexels I saw a dark-eyed junco outside my window the other day, stepped outside ...

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 ...

The snowbird behind this warning is an actual bird, the dark-eyed junco, a small creature you probably know if you have a bird feeder and maybe even if you don't. Trim, gray sparrows that ...