A “new” arrival — an old friend actually — showed up at my feeding station Thursday morning. It was a northern junco — formerly called slate-colored junco and known equally well as the “snowbird.” At ...

A familiar winter visitor, the dark-eyed junco uses remarkable senses and navigation skills that make this modest backyard ...

Dark-eyed juncos are unique sparrows that nest on or near the ground in forests. In winter, they typically form flocks and often associate with other species, including chipping sparrows, pine and ...

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 ...