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 ...

This post was updated Nov. 6 at 11:17 p.m. Most people would not think twice about seeing a bird on UCLA’s campus. However, for researchers in the Yeh Lab, many of the birds are anything but ordinary.

Generally, the annual influx of springtime migrating juncos precedes the green-up and true warmth of the season, but this ...

Submitted photo Officially called dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis), these common local birds are often known as “snowbirds” because many migrate south each fall from Alaska, Canada and northern ...

Every once in a while, someone asks what is the most common bird in our area. That depends on when you ask. Where you live. And what you mean by common. By any standard, however, the answer is easy in ...

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 ...

Winter is known as a fairly drab time of year as far as signs of life go. But if you make the right preparations, you can get a few cold-weather surprises. For example, getting the right plants in the ...

No, this isn't about those folks who spend their winters in Arizona or Florida. The snowbird behind this warning is an actual bird, the dark-eyed junco, a small creature you probably know if you have ...

Juncos are found in our yards this season — often with no effort. For instance, while visiting our daughter and her family on Christmas Day, looking out at their front yard there were a dozen juncos ...

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 ...

The best field mark for the junco, the bird books say, is the sharp division between gray plumage forward and above and white below and to the rear. This is indeed an excellent field mark. Definitive, ...