How to Use dark-eyed junco in a Sentence

dark-eyed junco

noun
  • The squeaking sound draws a few dark-eyed junco birds, one of the refuge’s winter bird species.
    Kate Magill, Laurel Leader, 2017-12-13
  • As a result, many of the birds that stayed behind, such as the dark-eyed junco, actually grew in number.
    Popular Science, 2020-01-20
  • Even if there is no snow on the ground, winter walks mean encounters with beloved birds, such as the dark-eyed junco, that only appear this time of year.
    Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 2020-11-13
  • Other birds who have since joined the backyard party: a squeaky, dark-eyed junco pecking for seeds and a pair of mourning doves who are messy eaters but elegant cooers.
    Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 2020-05-14
  • Some birds, like the pine warbler, the chipping sparrow, and the dark-eyed junco — which all produce loud, musical trills — have similar-sounding songs.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2021-04-23
  • The dark-eyed junco is a common spring and fall migrant throughout Minnesota, and a common winter visitor in the southern part of the state.
    Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 2020-10-15

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