Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
Dark-eyed junco mainly eat insects and seeds. However, they will sometimes eat their own droppings.
They are no Yoda, but for a small bird, dark-eyed junco live to be pretty old. The oldest wild dark-eyed junco was found to be 11 years and 4 months old.
Just how common is a dark-eye junco, population of 630 million individual birds.
Family ties, the dark-eyed junco is actually a sparrow. It is part of the Emberizidae family which is made of the new world sparrows and the old world buntings.
Is that a chicken? No, it's a dark-eyed junco. They get around on the by hopping and forage by scratching at the ground.
The dark-eyed junco's finch-like beak really serves a purpose. It is designed for seed-cracking.
Dark-eyed junco mainly eat insects and seeds. However, they will sometimes eat their own droppings.
They are no Yoda, but for a small bird, dark-eyed junco live to be pretty old. The oldest wild dark-eyed junco was found to be 11 years and 4 months old.
Just how common is a dark-eye junco, population of 630 million individual birds.
Family ties, the dark-eyed junco is actually a sparrow. It is part of the Emberizidae family which is made of the new world sparrows and the old world buntings.
Is that a chicken? No, it's a dark-eyed junco. They get around on the by hopping and forage by scratching at the ground.
The dark-eyed junco's finch-like beak really serves a purpose. It is designed for seed-cracking.
