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Slate-colored Junco	Bird Name: Slate-colored Junco
	Field Marks: This sparrow-sized bird has white outer tail feathers. There are four different races of the Dark-eyed Junco. One, most commonly seen at feeders, is the Slate-colored Junco. The males are darker in color than the females.
	Feeder Food: Small seeds, cracked seeds
	Natural Food: Food: Seeds, insects, some berries
	Behavior: Look for juncos traveling in small flocks in winter. Sometimes in the company of other birds, they are very tame and come readily to feeding stations. Song: a sweet, simple trill; a characteristic click

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Sources:

Alden, Peter and Brian Cassie, National Audubon Society Field Guide To New England, New York: Alfred A.Knopf, 1998.

Dawe, Neil and Karen, The Bird Book, New York: Workman Publishing, 1988.

Forbush, Edward Howe, Birds of Massachusetts, Norwood, Massachusetts: Norwood Press, 1929.

Reed, Chester R., Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.

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