BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
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Photo by D. E. Brown 
NEST OF SHUFELTD JUNCO 
SHUFELTD JUNCO 
These birds are commonly called “snow 
birds." They are beautiful and friendly 
little creatures. 
Tliey are dressed in grey with black 
bead and neck, white bill and white outer 
tail feathers. 
You usually notice them more in the 
winter time when flocks of them come to 
our doors to be fed, but they 7 ' are ivitli us 
all year. 
They make their nests of grasses on the 
ground and lay from three to five spotted 
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