The ultimate winter visitor across Texas Hill Country! Known as "snowbirds," they arrive from northern boreal forests each autumn to forage on the ground in small flocks.
Field Identification: Clean dark slate-grey upper body contrasting sharply with a snowy-white belly ("slate-colored" morph), pink bill, and white outer tail feathers that flash in flight.
Texas & Hill Country Notes: Dark-eyed Juncos migrate thousands of miles from northern Canada to winter in Central Texas, returning to the exact same ranch woods each year. Their white outer tail feathers flash bright warnings to flock members when flushed by predators.
