On a recent morning, a dead dark-eyed junco was discovered near the Clarks’ front door, obviously the victim of a cat. Life for all of us, bird and human alike, must end somewhere, but being the ...

Last year, 2020, on Oct. 18, with a heavy frost the snowbirds arrived in our yard. The year prior, 2019, they arrived on Oct. 15. This year the snowbirds, aka a dark-eyed junco (once known as the ...

I had just taken a sip of my morning coffee the other day when I looked out the window and saw a dark-eyed junco on the birdbath. It had been six years since I last saw the bird in my neighborhood.

"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 ...

I was wondering when the first one would show up. Mid to late October is typically when the Dark-eyed Juncos start showing up throughout the southern half of New England, but I hadn’t seen one yet and ...

GRAND FORKS – The steady procession of birds continued into this week, and the list of species was a long one. Two stood out: The dark-eyed junco because it is uncountably abundant, and the brown ...

During the colder winter months, the diversity of birds dwindles as many species leave Teller County. However, a few species that summer to the north move in for the winter. During this time you have ...

Bird-feeding means a lot more than just feeding birds. Providing food invites birds to share your living space. Paying attention to them makes that sharing much more than just a chore to keep the ...

I am probably one of the few people who are somewhat sorry to see winter end. Why? Primarily the departure of some of my favorite winter birds, like the junco. Not only do I like their antics, but ...

When a blast of cold Arctic air finds its way south to Mississippi, even unreconstructed Southerners dream of wintering on an island in the tropics. It will not be politics or the IRS in pursuit that ...