juncos
Small winter sparrows
Juncos are small North American sparrows, typically gray with white outer tail feathers that flash conspicuously in flight.
The dark-eyed junco is among the most common birds at winter feeders across the United States: The juncos arrived with the first snow.
They forage on the ground, often in flocks.
Cold-weather climate refugees
- feedersThings that supply nourishment
- backyardOutdoor space behind home
- migrationMovement to new territory
- flocksAnimal groups together
seeds · millet · suet · bird watching · overwintering · cold weather · snow · frost
Seeking wild food sources
- hoppingLeaping in succession
- scratchingRaking with nails
- flockingGathering in crowds
- vocalizationsSounds produced by voice
trills · chips · calls · singing · territorial · courtship · nesting · monogamous
Small common songbirds
- songbirdsPerching birds with musical calls
- finchesSmall seed-eating birds
- passerinesOrder of perching birds
- ornithologyScientific study of birds
taxonomy · subspecies · plumage · morphs · identification · breeding
snowbirds
Cold-weather climate refugees
- feedersThings that supply nourishment
- backyardOutdoor space behind home
- migrationMovement to new territory
flocks · seeds · millet · suet · bird watching · overwintering · cold weather · snow · frost · December
foraging
Seeking wild food sources
- hoppingLeaping in succession
- scratchingRaking with nails
- flockingGathering in crowds
vocalizations · trills · chips · calls · singing · territorial · courtship · nesting · monogamous · alarm calls
sparrows
Small common songbirds
- songbirdsPerching birds with musical calls
- finchesSmall seed-eating birds
- passerinesOrder of perching birds
ornithology · taxonomy · subspecies · plumage · morphs · identification · breeding
coniferous
Producing woody cones
woodlands · underbrush · thickets · meadows · clearings · edges · nesting · shrubs · evergreens · pines
juncoswarblers
Small singing birds
kinglets · nuthatches · creepers · flycatchers · swallows
- railroad junctionWhere train lines converge
- junction boxEnclosed wire meeting point
- railway junctionPoint where tracks connect
- junction boxesProtective housings for wire splices
- road junctionWhere routes intersect
- highway junctionRoad network convergence point
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