Meghan Tice wrote:

Just saw a late male Junco at the ground seed. The regular crew seemed 
to leave last Tuesday night (4-19). Hadn't seen or heard any since then. 
This was a lone bird that looked a bit rumpled. His feathers looked 
almost lopsided. Checked his feet and legs with the binoculars - they 
looked fine. He was alert and eating well, didn't stay long. Hope he 
will continue with a successful migration.


Have any of you seen any Juncos lately?


Meghan,

The 3 or 4 I had over the Winter seem to have departed 4/21 this year.  I had no April surge in numbers this year like I did last year.  Last year, April numbers of Juncos rose from half a dozen to about 2 dozen and then they were all gone by 4/22.  A friend of mine in another part of Gaithersburg still had a few Juncos as of 4/23.

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg