cleaned my camera lens and went out onto the porch to check the results with this quick photograph of a 'snow-bird' as local residents call them but which is better know as a Junco -
'Dark-eyed Juncos are neat, even flashy little sparrows that flit about
forest floors of the western mountains and Canada, then flood the rest
of North America for winter. They’re easy to recognize by their crisp
(though extremely variable) markings and the bright white tail feathers
they habitually flash in flight. One of the most abundant forest birds
of North America, you’ll see juncos on woodland walks as well as in
flocks at your feeders or on the ground beneath them.'
as far as I can determine all Juncos across North America that were once know by a variety of sub-species official names are now all considered to be one species, to wit:
'The Dark-eyed Junco, Juncos hyemalis'.
'The Dark-eyed Junco, Juncos hyemalis'.
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