junco
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of junco
1700–10; < Spanish: rush, bird found in rush beds < Latin juncus rush
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They also recognized acorn woodpeckers, a California towhee, dozens of turkey vultures circling overhead, a dark-eyed junco, a mockingbird, an Anna’s hummingbird and a black phoebe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
This oil contains odorous compounds— in the case of the dark-eyed junco, it smells like leaf litter and soil.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 24, 2022
For example, the house finch almost always dominates the purple finch, and the purple finch almost always dominates the dark-eyed junco, but when house finch and junco face off directly, the junco often dominates.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2021
Some 90% of the total loss came from just 12 bird families and 19 widespread bird species such as the dark-eyed junco, common grackle and house sparrows.
From Reuters ● Sep. 19, 2019
While I was so closely associated with the junco in the old barn I had a good chance to observe her incubating habits.
From The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers by Burroughs, John
Soon, my feeder feed was filling with black-capped chickadees, dark-eyed juncos and tufted titmice from 2,000 miles away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
A male and a female goldfinch, white-breasted nuthatches, slate-colored juncos, chickadees and tufted titmice were just some we could name.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2023
“I love it when they’re all singing,” he said, smiling and scanning branches where wrens and juncos darted.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
In turn, scientists study this topic with a funhouse of experiments that involve capturing juncos in the Appalachians, sequencing DNA and surveying human women after they smell men’s worn T-shirts.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 24, 2022
With her went little cedar waxwings and juncos.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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