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Over the last week or so I've had some interesting Juncos showing up at the feeders. At least one, possibly two cisomontanus ssp. One for sure adult male, and a grey-hooded probable female. Along with those has been this junco with faint white wing-bars. White-winged ssp. is not typically a vagrant, with no reports east of the MIssissippi on eBird except a 1994 sighting in Massachusetts. I have written it off as one of the rare Slate-colored that have some wing-bars. It still looks odd to me regarding its grey color. Finally I managed a very rough shot of its tail feathers. This is where it gets interesting now. It has 3+ tail feathers that are completely white. I cannot find out how often that occurs in Slate-colored. I'm going to post/host some photos and see if I can't get some third-party confirmations.
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