But where you live determines more than just whether you see juncos year-round or seasonally; it also determines what type of ...

The dark-eyed junco may be the most abundant bird in North America throughout much of the year-though not the same parts of North America at the same times of the year. Juncos occur across the ...

From their October arrival to their dawn feeding habits, dark-eyed juncos are the dependable “snowbirds” that quietly define ...

I asked North Jersey birders on Facebook what made them junco mavens, and the response was well-nigh Shakespearean.

During Covid-19 lockdowns, urban landscapes changed. Humans no longer left behind food waste for the birds to devour, and the ...

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 ...

Winter is an exciting time for birdwatchers because it's the season when dark-eyed junco birds can be spotted. These ...

"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 ...

Human snow birds, my friends from Lake Villa included, are off to Florida, but avian snow birds are right here in northern Illinois. They’ll be with us until at least early April, if not longer. They ...

The sunny yellow-hued American goldfinch, which has a black forehead marking, can be seen all over the states. For a real ...