RE: Juncos - Bill

[Guest guest]

Junco's seem to stay here in NS year round... or maybe mine move farther

north to nest and yours move in and nest here. I'd never seen a baby one

before, they have the same white patches that flash from under their tail

feathers when they fly but their body coloring looks more like a sparrow...

speckled white and brown.

I always thought snowbirds were those pale, long legged, featherless

creatures who are fond of wearing speedos and mysteriously appear on Florida

beaches and in motorhome parks around October of every year and then start

to disappear around April or May.

Hugs,

Pam

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Pam,

So that is where my Junco's go in the summer ) Say Hi to them for me, I

will

not see them until November. They are sparrow sized gray birds (also

sometimes

called snowbirds). My dog used to keep away the cats from my feeders, have

to

watch this winter.

Take care, Bill

[Guest guest]

According to the web our Junco in Nova Scotia is a subspecies of the dark

eyed Junco also known as the " slate colored Junco " .

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0382.htm

" The subspecies nesting in Nova Scotia is Junco hyemalis hyemalis, once

known as the " Slate-colored Junco. " "

Bird classification sounds as tricky are neuro disorder classification

especially when they start changing names.

Hugs,

Pam

Re: Juncos - Bill

Pam Bower wrote:

> I always thought snowbirds were those pale, long legged, featherless

> creatures who are fond of wearing speedos and mysteriously appear on

Florida

> beaches and in motorhome parks around October of every year and then start

> to disappear around April or May.

Pam,

Are you thinking of snowbunnies? Famous for sitting around ski-resorts in

spandex outfits and never sking )

On your Juncos - they may be the dark-eyed Junco, we get the Slate-colored

Juncos here. There are four varieties of Junco actually.

Hugs, Bill