My husband and I tremendously enjoy the dark-eyed juncos that come to stay in the winter. It is always such a treat when we see the first ones, and always a bit bittersweet when we realize they are leaving. They migrate north in the summer.
We are seeing much less of the big pine tree’s dark-eyed junco flock these days. Bon voyage, friends! See you next winter!
Every year the robins arrive as the first big wave of migrating birds. They are here for a few weeks, and then the dark-eyed juncos start to leave. The robins have been here for, oh I don’t know, four weeks? We noticed last week the dark-eyed juncos have begun to leave. We read about their migration a few years ago. They leave at night. One day there will be the normal abundance, and the next day we have to really search.
Thanks wonderful dark-eyed juncos, for another wonderful winter of your on-the-ground hopping around antics. Safe travels!
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