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Slate-colored dark-eyed junco

Junco hyemalis

Photo by Maria dB
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Field Notes

Description:

Ground-feeding birds of the sparrow family. The females have much more brown coloring than the males.

Habitat:

Western mountains of the United States and Canada in spring,summer and autumn and the rest of the United States in winter

Reference Links:

Dark-eyed Junco, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedJanuary 12, 2012

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