Coincidentally, the Hampshire Bird Club’s most recent speaker last week was an ornithologist who has conducted extensive research on junco migration, Dan Shustack of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (in North Adams, not far from Mount Greylock). He’s done color-banding, Motus tracking, all sorts of angles on the questions. It was a great talk that generated lots of discussion with the audience afterwards. I definitely recommend him for other local bird clubs looking for a speaker, as long as juncos are such a hot topic here:
We had lots of juncos singing in our neighborhood today, enthusiastic in spite of (or maybe, being juncos, because of) the ground being covered with snow….
> On Apr 12, 2025, at 1:10 PM, Toby Sackton <tsackton...> wrote: > > It has always been my assumption that our local juncos leave early, and keep being replaced by those further south moving north...Cornell shows a winter range all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. > > Toby Sackton > > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM Fred Bouchard <frederickbouchard...> wrote: > every morning this week, i've announced: > 'well, this is the last of the juncos...' > now there are four below the feeder, looking stark against the snow. > fred > -- > <frederickbouchard...> > > > -- > Toby Sackton
