Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dark-eyed junco bird in snow - Melodyannem/Getty Images Winter is an exciting time for birdwatchers because it's the season when ...

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 ...

Whether it is when I’m writing in my columns or in my different journals, I often refer to a particular group of birds as “the regulars.” These are the species that are dependable visitors to my ...

Human snow birds, my friends from Lake Villa included, are off to Florida, but avian snow birds are right here in northern Illinois. They’ll be with us until at least early April, if not longer. They ...

A columnist received backlash from readers after calling dark-eyed juncos "drab" and "soot black." Readers shared their appreciation for juncos, citing them as harbingers of winter and praising their ...

Dark-eyed juncos, a bird that typically live in mountain forests, have established thriving populations in Southern California cities, where they eat food people leave behind. A UCLA biologist ...