Male Oregon Junco among Sitka Spruce Cones – Small flocks of Oregon Race Juncos, which had not previously been reported on the Alaska Peninsula, along with Slate-colored Juncos – only occasionally or rarely encountered on the peninsula, became regular fall through spring visitors during our years at The Lake. The mystery is, where were these birds coming from? Slate-coloreds nest in taiga forests two or three hundred miles northeast at the peninsula’s hip and beyond, but the Oregon’s closest summertime breeding grounds are unknown and would seem to be much further south. Juncos were not recorded during David Narver’s studies in the early 1960’s. It will be fascinating to monitor these population trendsinto the future… there is always more to discover.October 14, 2017
When the junkos arrive here at my house in Bellingham, Wa in the late fall thru early spring, it’s like having chickens. They wait for me in the morning kactually, all day long) to open the door and throw out a handful of seeds into the gravel. Then compete with song sparrow, crowned sparrows and squirrels for their “scratch”. The crows sit on the wires jealousy staring and complaining.
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When the junkos arrive here at my house in Bellingham, Wa in the late fall thru early spring, it’s like having chickens. They wait for me in the morning kactually, all day long) to open the door and throw out a handful of seeds into the gravel. Then compete with song sparrow, crowned sparrows and squirrels for their “scratch”. The crows sit on the wires jealousy staring and complaining.
That’s great. They are like little chickens, aren’t they!