:-D Except for Blendon Woods earlier in the month, the only Junco I've had was clutched in the talons of a Merlin last weekend...so I didn't count it. :-D On Nov 3, 2015 8:40 PM, "Robert Evans" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Almost two weeks ago, October 23, I had a brief glimpse of a dark, > sparrow-size bird with white lateral tail feathers flitting away from me > through the browning goldenrod on our farm. My inclination was "junco," and > I would bet I was right. But I haven't seen any others since. > > I had a similar experience a few years back, and even earlier in October. > That time I got a clear look, and I recall it was actually October single > digits, maybe the eighth or ninth. I will look it up when I find the time. > > Juncos almost never come to the ground below our feeders until the ground > freezes solid and hard. I think there probably is so much native food in > these parts that they don't have to. > > I'm waiting to see them in numbers in the scrubby field or the forest edge. > Soon... > > Bob Evans > Geologist, etc. > Hopewell Township, Muskingum County > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]