Dar-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

 

Photos by BarrytheBirder

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The Dark-eyed Junco is a common sparrow found across southern Canada and all of the United States.   They are usually found  and breeds in mixed or coniferous woodlands.   It is found in a wide variety of habitats in migration and in winter in gardens, city parks, fields, roadside thickets, usually in flocks.   Dark-eyed Juncos normally feed on the ground on seeds and insects.

Until recently, many forms of Juncos were considered to be separate species but since they interbreed wherever they meet, they are now considered a single species.   The eastern form  of Junco, once called the 'Slate-coloured Junco' is usually the only Junco found in eastern North America.

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