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The dark-eyed juncos flock to the two...

By Dave Bonta | Published January 22, 2012 at 10:20 am

The dark-eyed juncos flock to the two dark wounds in all this white: the plowed road’s bare stone and the thin, quiet trickle of a stream.

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At the bend of the road where the trail...

By Dave Bonta | Published December 26, 2011 at 12:39 pm

At the bend of the road where the trail enters the woods, a flock of juncos chittering and picking small stones for their crops.

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Soggy woods under a gray sky. In the...

By Dave Bonta | Published December 20, 2011 at 10:02 am

Soggy woods under a gray sky. In the multiflora rose bush, a junco’s tail keeps flashing white as it struggles for a perch among the thorns.

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White above, gray below—the reverse...

By Dave Bonta | Published December 14, 2011 at 8:00 am

White above, gray below—the reverse of the juncos foraging in the ditch among sedges, tear-thumb and asters, calling in small hard notes.

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Ten blackbirds fly over without stopping...

By Dave Bonta | Published April 7, 2011 at 9:46 am

Ten blackbirds fly over without stopping. The soft songs of juncos: are they pining for their north woods? It can’t be long now.

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Just audible over the wind: a junco...

By Dave Bonta | Published February 19, 2011 at 9:39 am

Just audible over the wind: a junco’s chitter. Leaves lift off from the newly melted forest floor and join a harried flock of snowflakes.

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There must be open water in the ditch...

By Dave Bonta | Published February 6, 2011 at 10:26 am

There must be open water in the ditch: jay- and sparrow-shaped silhouettes are going up and down the dogwood’s laddered branches.

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Juncos fill the lilac, nearest cover...

By Dave Bonta | Published January 21, 2011 at 8:29 am

Juncos fill the lilac, nearest cover to an unfrozen section of stream. Five or six at a time they flutter down to drink from the dark water.

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Juncos hop on the icy snow between...

By Dave Bonta | Published January 20, 2011 at 8:08 am

Juncos hop on the icy snow between the cattails where a rabbit disappeared fifteen minutes earlier, taking the darkness with it.

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The landscape conforms to the snowbird...

By Dave Bonta | Published January 8, 2011 at 8:41 am

The landscape conforms to the snowbird’s body plan: gray above, white below. Feathery puffs wherever a bird lands on a snowy branch.

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