{"id":6846,"date":"2016-01-04T09:01:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T14:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=6846"},"modified":"2016-01-07T15:37:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T20:37:44","slug":"take-5-juncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-juncos\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Dark-eyed Juncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Known colloquially as \u201csnowbirds,\u201d dark-eyed juncos are often linked to winter. These small, gray, seed-eating birds in the sparrow family are most often seen in Massachusetts from fall migration in October to spring migration in April. But what many people might not realize is that juncos can be found in the Commonwealth year-round, and often breed in our conifer forests. Learn more about juncos<\/a> and enjoy five images from past editions of our photo contests.<\/p>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Lee Fortier<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2011

2011 Focus on Feeders Entry \u00a9 Eladi Bermudez<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Ronelle Adams<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012

2012 Focus on Feeders Entry \u00a9 Anne Greene<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012

2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Kristin Shoemaker<\/p><\/div>\n

View the winners<\/a> of the 2015 Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Known colloquially as \u201csnowbirds,\u201d dark-eyed juncos are often linked to winter. These small, gray, seed-eating birds in the sparrow family are most often seen in Massachusetts from fall migration in October to spring migration in April. But what many people might not realize is that juncos can be found in the Commonwealth year-round, and often […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1Mq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15103,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-whatcha-gonna-do-with-all-that-junco\/","url_meta":{"origin":6846,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Whatcha Gonna Do With All That Junco?","author":"Ryan D.","date":"January 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"If you enjoy watching birds at feeders, there's a good chance you have a soft spot for these little darlings of the winter bird feeder crowd: Dark-eyed Juncos. 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