Dark Eyed Juncos

The documentation effort continues. Surprisingly, this is the first time juncos have been documented at the CB. It's the feeders, most likely, that bring in the juncos and white crowned sparrows, cadging scraps the other birds have dropped at the feeders. What a life, is a bird's life?

Of course, Crumby, a decades long espier of Class Aves, has been aware of the northern juncos even before they were all, thankfully, lumped. Yes. Once upon a time the various little junco varmints had specific epithets. Yet no honest person could tell them apart. So eventually, they all got lumped. Lumped before science became the province of Republican Christer/Mammonites. Parise the WG!

Makes you wonder though. If there was a bunch of money to be made from mutliple junco species, these days, seems like they would get split again. Yes. Now we enjoy four species of juncos here at this choice spot. It's a quite exclusive here, thanks to all the various juncos, and deserves the highest conceivable wildlife tax exemption.

My Goddess! Crumby despises phony environmentalists.

Whatever! Of the twain juncos inhabiting North America, the fierce eyed juncos may be the more interesting. They are primarily Mexicans. But do they really mostly run, as opposed to hopping along to get along? If so, the twain species of juncos definitely need to get split into two genera, at least. Merciful Goddess!