Junco hyemalis
            
                (L 6.25" WS 9.25" WT 0.67 oz)
          
         
            
               Carnival Yard
            
               Thrushes back! Juncos!
            
               Yard’s a-hoppin’ —
               towhees, too…
            
               Winter carnival!
            
                  (by Sandy Shreve)
          
         
            
               More brownish than
               the Slate variety.
          
         
            
               Near Andrew
               Molera State Park
            
               31Dec09
          
         
            
               Del Valle Regional Pk
            
               Livermore, CA
          
         
         
         
            
               Scribner House
            
               San Diego
            
               03Jan2014
          
         
            
               Junco in Latin means reed;
               hyemalis in Latin means wintry.
          
         
         
            
               Has a not
               uncommon
               eye infection.