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Entries Tagged as 'Dark-eyed Junco'

Junco: How’s That Clover Lawn Coming Along?

March 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Juncos did not succeed in eating all of the clover seed. As you can see, they were kind enough to leave quite a few. Josh mowed it yesterday for the first time since we started the clover lawn experiment. At the beginning of last November, the front yard was a new-construction and drought disaster of [...]

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Junco as Kim Jung-il’s Hair Double

March 4th, 2008 · 7 Comments

I see this dark-eyed junco every day. Something’s going on with its hairdo. It just hit me that the bird looks a lot like bepouffed North Korean leader Kim Jung-il. Glad I got that out of my system. I’m now imposing an indefinite moratorium on junco posts.

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