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snowbird
(redirected from dark-eyed juncos)

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snow·bird  (snbûrd)
n.
1. Any of several birds, such as the junco and the snow bunting, common in snowy regions.
2. Slang One who moves from a cold to a warm place in the winter.

snowbird [ˈsnəʊˌbɜːd]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the snow bunting
2. (Law / Recreational Drugs) US slang a person addicted to cocaine, or sometimes heroin
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Noun1.snowbird - medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in wintersnowbird - medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
genus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidae
2.snowbird - white Arctic buntingsnowbird - white Arctic bunting                
bunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
3.snowbird - small North American finch seen chiefly in wintersnowbird - small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
genus Junco - American finches
dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, slate-colored junco - common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises


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You can also hear downy and hairy woodpeckers, dark-eyed juncos and stellar's jays.
There were also 983 dark-eyed juncos, 640 gold finches, 622 blue jays, 612 starlings, 507 cedar waxwings, 489 house sparrows, 478 rock doves (pigeons), 412 American crows, 396 mourning doves, 333 tufted titmice, 257 turkeys and 241 pine siskins.
Last December, while climbing in woods near Boston, Joslin shared the branches of a tall conifer with a flock of wintering dark-eyed juncos, small birds from Canada that roost high in the pine trees of Massachusetts in winter.
 
 
 
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