Monday, May 24, 2010

Dark-Eyed Junco, Oregon Form



Usually we get these little guys much earlier, but they missed us till this weekend. He's going to be lonely, so I don't expect him to stay long.

3 comments:

Lisa said...

What do you mean, Oregon race?

Adele said...

I'll change it to form. There are four kinds of Dark-Eyed Juncos, and they all look quite different. We frequently see the slate coloured which has dark sides and no rust or pinkish feathers. There's also a pink sided which has a light coloured hood, and the Grey-headed which doesn't have a good at all. Don't ask me why they are all the same bird when the thrushes have smaller differences and are different birds.

Adele said...

So, is there a way to go back and correct a spelling error in a comment, short of deleting the whole comment?