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Dark-eyed Junco

The Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) is a type of sparrow, this forest floor dweller is slate-colored with bright white tail feathers on display during flight. One of the most populous birds in North America, the Dark-eyed Junco is a year-round resident in the Appalachian Mountains as well as a winter migrant from Alaska, Canada and Western mountains. They are winter seed eaters but will flock to suet cakes as well as seed feeders. They emit a distinctive chip note – stip, stip – and high, tinkling chips when flushed.
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Written by: Highlands Plateau Audubon Society

Issue: 2016, March 2016

The Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) is a type of sparrow, this forest floor dweller is slate-colored with bright white tail feathers on display during flight. One of the most populous birds in North America, the Dark-eyed Junco is a year-round resident in the Appalachian Mountains as well as a winter migrant from Alaska, Canada and Western mountains. They are winter seed eaters but will flock to suet cakes as well as seed feeders. They emit a distinctive chip note – stip, stip – and high, tinkling chips
when flushed.

 

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