. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. SLATE-COLORED JUNCO 87 Season in Massachusetts. — Although considered a migratory bird, this species is represented at all seasons in some parts of the state. While it is usually taken for granted that our winter resident Juncos have come from Canada or northern New England, the recovery on May 20. 1922, at Buckland, Massachusetts, of a Junco banded by Mrs. G. A. Burbank at Sandwich, Massachusetts, during the preceding winter, suggests that in some instances at least their migration is influenced by altitude as much as by lat
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. SLATE-COLORED JUNCO 87 Season in Massachusetts. — Although considered a migratory bird, this species is represented at all seasons in some parts of the state. While it is usually taken for granted that our winter resident Juncos have come from Canada or northern New England, the recovery on May 20. 1922, at Buckland, Massachusetts, of a Junco banded by Mrs. G. A. Burbank at Sandwich, Massachusetts, during the preceding winter, suggests that in some instances at least their migration is influenced by altitude as much as by latitude. Haunts and Habits. A bleak gray day in early winter — bare trees standing stark and black against a background of white snow — a cold wind sweeping across the drifted fields — and in a sheltered, brush-filled corner, a flock of lively little gray and white birds fluttering and twittering together. The Slate-colored Junco has been aptly described. Summer Distribution op the Slate-colored Junco IN Massachusetts. as "leaden skies above, snow below," and it is with days such as these that many people in New England associate this friendly little visitor. This bird makes its appearance in eastern Massachusetts, after a summer absence in cooler regions, as the leaves begin to fall, and it is usually an abundant autumn migrant, haunt- ing neglected, bush-covered fields and weed-grown gardens, in company with various other seed-eating sparrows and finches. Although the majority of Slate-colored Juncos soon pass on toward the south, some remain, and with the advent of the first snowstorm or the first real cold weather abandon the windswept weed patches and seek the bounty spread on window shelf and doorstep by their friends of the ever-growing army of bird lovers. While the cold weather continues, they usually confine themselves quite closely to a well-defined range, seldom journeying farther than from the feeding station to a neigh- boring weed patch for a chan
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