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For another songbird, return to Favorite Songbirds of the USA and select from the lists of US areas	Dark-Eyed Junco Junco hyemalis	"Slate Coloried" (more below)


Identification Tips:	PWRC For scientific details go directly to the Dark-Eyed Junco section of PWRC (Patuxent Wildlife Research Center) This is part of the USGS website (United States Geological Survey)	This Songbird's Diet:
Length: 4.25 inches Small, seed-eating bird Short, conical bill Short, forked tail		seeds (almost exclusively) insects (lesser quantities)
(for more... see the PWRC songbird link in the middle column)

SUMMER RANGE

Black-Eyed "Slate-Colored" Junco Black-Eyed "Oregon" Junco Black-Eyed "Gray-Headed"Juncos

WINTER RANGE

Acknowledgements:
United States Geological Survey - www.usgs.gov.
BBS Maps (North American Breeding Birds Surveys) courtesy of USGS
CBC Maps (Christmas Bird Count of Winter Bird Popluations) courtesy of USGS

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