Hi, It is fun seeing the reports of first of season Juncos from around the state. Here on the front of the Allegheny Plateau in NE Ohio (Lake Geauga, Ashtabula, western Cuyahoga and northern Summit) where Dark-eyed Juncos are prolific nesters, I have a somewhat different perspective. I wonder how to sort out year round residents from migrants. Local bird banders report re catching birds they have banded in spring and summer in winter, so there are year round residents for sure. But there must be migrant populations as well. Yet that said in terms of overall numbers they seem stable year round. There are times in mid June, when Juncos are the predominant species in my yard. Then the same may be true in winter. Additionally we have female Juncos year round although they are always less conspicuous, preferring to stick to brushy areas and shrubberies. All in all these are remarkable little birds and fun to have around Haans Kirtland ______________________________________________________________________ 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]