Grey-headed Junco

Grey-headed Junco, Bandolier National Monument, New Mexico

The Juncos are under our feeders most days here in southern Maine, but they are all Slate-colored Juncos. Of course they are all, according to the experts, Dark-eyed Juncos, but the DeJ has at least 5 recognizable plumage variations across the country. When we lived in New Mexico, on a good day in the winter, we could get 3 of them at our feeders. This is the Grey-headed variety which I found at Bandolier National Monument on a November visit to New Mexico. Sony RX10iv at 600mm. Program mode. 1/250th @ f4 @ ISO 100. -.3 EV. Processed in Polarr.

2 Comments

  1. Reply
    gerrit haagsma January 14, 2018

    didn’t know that

    • Reply
      Steve January 14, 2018

      Now there is a debate on Facebook Birders about whether this is a Red-backed or a Grey-headed variety. The Red-backed should only be in Northern AZ, and was a variety I was totally unaware of…but this does look to be that variety. 🙂

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