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 ...

I realize they have been here for awhile now, but I still wanted to talk about one of my favorite birds — the Junco. Is it just fate or an ancient rhythm of life that often brings the first snowfall ...

It’s the time to catch up with those species that breed in the high spruce-fir regions of the Southern Appalachians — where they reach the southernmost limit of their breeding ranges — but come down ...

"Birds of New England" written in 1870 by Edward A. Samuels, a volume I have owned many years, offers an interesting introduction to "The Snowbird," the species that we today know by many other names ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — These snowbirds stay North in winter and are among the visible indicators of the cold weather to come locally. They’re slate-colored birds called Dark-eyed Juncos. “Yes, the Dark ...

The birds have been observed bathing in powdery snow. One of the most interesting things about juncos is their regional color variation. There are five variants of junco in North America which were ...