English

dark-eyed junco/winter bird


Arapaho

wo’téénii’éíhii


Translation of Arapaho

‘black bird’


Location

brushy areas in winter, at lower elevations relatively free of snow.

 

Dark-Eyed Junco/Winter Bird and the Arapaho

The term above was given by Mark Soldierwolf for ‘winter bird.’ The boreal subspecies of Dark-eyed Junco arrives in the winter, and is grayish black over most of its body.

A Gray-headed Junco in Colorado in the winter.