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Tips For Attracting Beautiful Dark-Eyed Junco Birds To Your Yard In The Winter

Winter is an exciting time for birdwatchers because it's the season when dark-eyed junco birds can be spotted. These ...

Study finds Southern California bird species evolved during pandemic: Here’s why

The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot for human society – but it also caused a local species of bird to rapidly evolve, ...
Staten Island Advance

Dark-eyed Juncos arrive on Staten Island, signaling winter’s approach

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — These snowbirds stay North in winter and are among the visible indicators of the cold weather to come locally. They’re slate-colored birds called Dark-eyed Juncos. “Yes, the Dark ...
Chicago Tribune

Outdoors column: Snow birds are harbingers of winter

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 ...

How the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s Beak

For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home.
Daily Bruin

Yeh Lab researches Dark-eyed Juncos, adaptation to urban environments

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.