Dark-eyed Junco Images and Information:
Junco hyemalis
- Dark-eyed Juncos are medium sized sparrows that always have stout, pink bills, rounded heads and white outer edges to their tails. Geographically they have color variation. Mostly Dark-eyed Juncos are gray or brown, some have rufous and pink colors in addition to the grays and browns.
- Dark-eyed Juncos are migratory. Some are year round residents in their range but will move to lower elevations during the winter and then move higher during the breeding season.
- Dark-eyed Juncos prefer forests of conifers and mixed woods from sea level to elevations of more than 11,000 feet during their breeding season. During the nonbreeding season they frequent fields, parks, roadsides, and yards and gardens.
- Dark-eyed Juncos eat small insects, berries, fruits and seeds.
- Dark-eyed Juncos lay 3 to 6 eggs which hatch in 11 to 13 days. The female incubates and they are monogamous.
- A group of sparrows can be called a “flutter”, “ubiquity”, “crew” or a “quarrel” of sparrows.
- Dark-eyed Juncos are often called “snow birds”.
- Dark-eyed Juncos can live to be more than 11 years of age.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Dark-eyed Junco photos.
Low light Dark-eyed Junco in snow
Title: Low light Dark-eyed Junco in snow
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/14/2021
Dark-eyed Junco perched in a rabbitbrush
Title: Dark-eyed Junco perched in a rabbitbrush
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 10/27/2020
Dark-eyed Junco eating rabbitbrush seeds
Title: Dark-eyed Junco eating rabbitbrush seeds
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 10/27/2020
Adult Dark-eyed Junco foraging on the ground
Title: Adult Dark-eyed Junco foraging on the ground
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/6/2019
Dark-eyed Junco and an autumn wild rose
Title: Dark-eyed Junco and an autumn wild rose
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/5/2019
Dark-eyed Junco perched on the tip of a wild rose bush
Title: Dark-eyed Junco perched on the tip of a wild rose bush
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/5/2019
Male Dark-eyed Junco close up
Title: Male Dark-eyed Junco close up
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2019
Dark-eyed Junco – Small in the frame
Title: Dark-eyed Junco – Small in the frame
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 10/4/2019
Female/Immature Dark-eyed Junco – Oreganus Group
Title: Female/Immature Dark-eyed Junco – Oreganus Group
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/23/2018
Dark-eyed Junco in early spring
Title: Dark-eyed Junco in early spring
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/29/2018
Dark-eyed Junco with a snowflake on its shoulder
Title: Dark-eyed Junco with a snowflake on its shoulder
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/23/2018
Dark-eyed Junco portrait in a snow storm
Title: Dark-eyed Junco portrait in a snow storm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/23/2018
Dark-eyed Junco perched on Mullein in front of blooming Rabbitbrush
Title: Dark-eyed Junco perched on Mullein in front of blooming Rabbitbrush
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/15/2017
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) perched on Mullein
Title: Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) perched on Mullein
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/15/2017
Dark-eyed Junco juvenile perched in a conifer
Title: Dark-eyed Junco juvenile perched in a conifer
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/16/2017
Juvenile Dark-eyed Junco
Title: Juvenile Dark-eyed Junco
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/16/2017
Male Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon race
Title: Male Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon race
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2014
Gray-Headed Dark-eyed Junco
Title: Gray-Headed Dark-eyed Junco
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2010