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Dark-eyed Junco -
(Junco hyemalis) 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Dark slate grey above, white lower belly
  • White outer tail feathers
  • Pale pink bill
  • Color variations --more brownish
         tinge than grey
  • 6-6.5" (12-16 cm.)

Habitat

  • Mixed forest, shrubby and residential areas

Additional Information

  • Abundant migrant, common winter resident
  • Also known as "snowbird"
  • Often found at feeders or along roadsides
  • White outer tail feathers flash as
         birds take flight
  • Winter KVR resident

Dark-eyed Junco in profile, perched on a log

Dark-eyed Junco on snow covered ground

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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