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 ...

Juncos are one of those winter birds that are pretty much guaranteed to show up at every backyard bird feeder in New England. This is a bird I have been able to recognize since I was a child and first ...

Songbirds on the UCLA campus changed beak shapes during the pandemic, according to a new study. Researchers suspect it might ...

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 ...

Recent research indicates that dark-eyed junco songbirds at UCLA experienced rapid beak shape changes, potentially due to the ...

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 ...

Not all birds commonly seen in California live here year-round. Some appear for just a few weeks during their spring or fall migration. Others may stay for the summer. Yellow-rumped warblers and ...

Dark-eyed juncos have been the most faithful species at Dave Lambeth's feeders on the south side of Grand Forks. Just north of town, a yellow-bellied sapsucker has been showing up at feeders. At my ...

"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 ...

Student researchers study urban effects on UCLA’s dark-eyed juncos UCLA researchers tag baby junco birds to monitor the species’ behavior and genetics. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff) ...