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Junco

19 images Created 6 Feb 2014

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  • A Dark-Eyed Junco in harsh light gives me a pose
    Spring Dark-Eyed Junco.jpg
  • Mr. Junco Forages For Food In The Early Morning Light
    Another Spring Junco.jpg
  • A lonely Dark-eyed Junco Forages For Food In The Snow
    Lonely Junco In Snow.jpg
  • A cold Male Junco bird gland on a dormant winter bush covered with snow, sunflower seed in his beak
    Snowy Male Junco.jpg
  • A Female Dark-Eyed Junco Foraging For Food in the Snow During A Cold Blue Winter Day.<br />
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Females and juvenile birds are generally paler and show a greater mixture of brown in the plumage. Generally, there is less white on the outer tail feathers in juvenile and female birds. There is, however, much individual variation.<br />
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The Dark-eyed Junco is the best-known species of the juncos, a genus of small grayish American sparrows. This bird is common across much of temperate North America and in summer ranges far into the Arctic. Dark-eyed Juncos are neat, even flashy little sparrows that flit about forest floors of the western mountains and Canada, then flood the rest of North America for winter. They're easy to recognize by their crisp (though extremely variable) markings and the bright white tail feathers they habitually flash in flight. One of the most abundant forest birds of North America, you'll see juncos on woodland walks as well as in flocks at your feeders or on the ground beneath them. <br />
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Juncos are the "snowbirds" of the middle latitudes. Over most of the eastern United States, they appear as winter sets in and then retreat northward each spring. Some juncos in the Appalachian Mountains remain there all year round, breeding at the higher elevations. These residents have shorter wings than the migrants that join them each winter. Longer wings are better suited to flying long distances, a pattern commonly noted among other studies of migratory vs. resident species.
    Blue Christmas Junco.jpg
  • A Dark-Eyed Junco Foraged for seeds on the ground and a late fall afternoon
    Dark-Eyed Junco Foraging.jpg
  • Lonesome Junco Nest.jpg
  • A Dark-Eyed Junco Perched On A Tree Branch
    DE Junco on Branch.jpg
  • This Moody Junco Was Perched On A Dead Tree At The End Of Fall As The Cool Weather Settled In
    Junco On Perch.jpg
  • A Junco out catching snowflakes on a cold winter afternoon
    Chilly Junco On Her Perch.jpg
  • A Dark-Eyed Junco Enjoying Some Flurries As The Snow Piles Up Around The Fallen Tree
    Winter Junco On Stump.jpg
  • Well the Junco's are officially taking over the yard, so Winter must be in full effect
    Snowy Winter Junco.jpg
  • Dark-Eyed Junco 1.jpg
  • Junco From The Shadows.jpg
  • Textured Junco Looking At Me.jpg
  • Junco Tree Perch.jpg
  • Miss Junco Enjoying Her Winter Perch
    Junco Winter Bokeh.jpg
  • A Dark-Eyed Junco On A Branch In The Midst Of A Gentle Snowstorm
    vibrant winter junco.jpg
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