Examples of dark-eyed junco in a Sentence
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Bertha Masuda has a new self-help guru: a dark-eyed junco bird.
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Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 25 July 2023
Three common terns and a common loon at the Hobbs Brook Reservoir, a common loon at Flint’s Pond in Lincoln, and an out of season dark-eyed junco in Arlington.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
This is actually the second dark-eyed junco nest in our yard this summer.
—oregonlive, 2 July 2023
Also, three indigo buntings and a dark-eyed junco.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
Take a look at this dashing dandy (i.e. dark-eyed junco).
—James Carlton, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2013
For example, the house finch almost always dominates the purple finch, and the purple finch almost always dominates the dark-eyed junco, but when house finch and junco face off directly, the junco often dominates.
—Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
In North America, researchers found that the dark-eyed junco bird species also experienced an increase in bill size.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 8 Sep. 2021
In North America, dark-eyed junco saw similar increases in bill size.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2021
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Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 25 July 2023
Three common terns and a common loon at the Hobbs Brook Reservoir, a common loon at Flint’s Pond in Lincoln, and an out of season dark-eyed junco in Arlington.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
This is actually the second dark-eyed junco nest in our yard this summer.
—oregonlive, 2 July 2023
Also, three indigo buntings and a dark-eyed junco.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
Take a look at this dashing dandy (i.e. dark-eyed junco).
—James Carlton, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2013
For example, the house finch almost always dominates the purple finch, and the purple finch almost always dominates the dark-eyed junco, but when house finch and junco face off directly, the junco often dominates.
—Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
In North America, researchers found that the dark-eyed junco bird species also experienced an increase in bill size.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 8 Sep. 2021
In North America, dark-eyed junco saw similar increases in bill size.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2021
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“Dark-eyed junco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark-eyed%20junco. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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