Hi Gayle,

While pink-sided juncos no doubt are occasional in Western Washington I
don't believe the records committee has seen a really solid description.
Problems is I'm not entirely sure how to tell them from the range of female
Oregon Juncos. Anybody out there have a reliable identification routine?

Gene Hunn.

At 10:39 AM 10/21/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Tweeters
>Am curious about distribution of Junco subspecies. We live on Orcas Island
>and have a large flock of resident Dark-eyed Juncoes ("oregons") around the
>house. I have noticed in the last week, however, that a couple "pink sided"
>have joined the flock. Does this seem a little unusual or is it common for
>them to wonder so far afield? We have only lived here for 3 years, but this
>is the first year we've seem them.
>Gayle Benton
>Eastsound, WA
>gbenton at pacificrim.net
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