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Posted 09 June 2012 - 02:07 AM
Looks like a Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) to me, but according to Sibley that would be a rare occurrence here in central Ohio. Apparently, not unheard of, though. So I'm wondering what you think. Spotted yesterday near a small, unnamed pond.
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Posted 09 June 2012 - 02:34 AM
This is what my Audubon Field Guide says: " Range: Alaska and Newfoundland south to mountains in Georgia and Mexico. Until recently the many geographical forms of this bird were considered separate species, but since they interbreed wherever their ranges meet, they are now considered one species. The eastern form, formerly called the "Slate-colored Junco," is the only one usually encountered in the eastern states. Occasionally, however, black-headed, rusty-flanked western birds, "Oregon Juncos," may also be seen.
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Posted 09 June 2012 - 02:40 AM
Geez, I have no idea how it got all the way over to Ohio if it was an Oregon... lol
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Posted 09 June 2012 - 02:49 AM
Can't speak for Ohio, but Dark-eyed Juncos are plentiful around San Jose, CA, where I live, and I'd say that's a match.
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Posted 09 June 2012 - 05:11 AM
Deffinately an "Oregon" Dark-eyed Junco. I guess he must have lost his map.
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Posted 09 June 2012 - 11:03 AM
Not only his map but his calendar. 
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Posted 09 June 2012 - 02:04 PM
LOL, crazy... he must have went northeast instead of northwest, and now wondering where all the moose and beavers are.
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Posted 09 June 2012 - 03:00 PM
here anyway the juncos just change elevations according to seasons. when it gets cold and snowy in late fall they leave the high mountains and work down into the foothills and valleys. but just as soon as it starts warming up in early spring they start back up into the forests and the high tundra. I don't hike the high mountins anymore but in hot summers would see the juncos way up in the tundra above timberline or in the open meadows way up high in the forest. i get the oregon and the pink sided and the slate and lots of hybrids here from nov. thru early april and i'm. at 7000 foot elevation. but in summer they are as high up as 13000 foot. they are truely snowbirds here as i never see them till the snows are blowing.
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Posted 09 June 2012 - 03:10 PM
an oregon type junco from last winter in southwest colorado.
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