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Outdoornews
February 1, 2021
Some winter friends, snowbirds, stopped to visit for the first time this winter and their delayed, late arrival had nothing to do with the pandemic.
For these were real snowbirds, dark-eyed juncoes, down from the boreal forests of Canada, not “snowbird” humans headed for warmer climes. And they were weeks behind their normal first appearance.
Dark-eyed juncoes earned their nickname, it has been said, because their dark gray tops and white bellies are reminiscent of the heavy rolling snow-clouds so familiar in winter. Most winters they show up by Thanksgiving and at least before Christmas, and they stay till winter breaks in March or early April.