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 Audubon’s time ...

The white outer tail feathers (found in all variants) revealed its identity as a junco. Color variations in juncos are tied to the bird’s evolutionary history, discovered by DNA analysis. As ...

GILBY, N.D. – The dark-eyed junco is one of the most common birds in North America and one of the easiest to identify. The species is most often associated with fall’s southward migration, when quite ...

Juncos are one of those winter birds that are pretty much guaranteed to show up at every backyard bird feeder in New England. This is a bird I have been able to recognize since I was a child and first ...

Winter is my favorite time of year for birdwatching so I love when the juncos arrive in the fall. Dark-eyed Juncos, along with their White-throated Sparrow companions, started arriving several weeks ...