Yellow-Eyed Junco
Junco phaeonotus
The Yellow-eyed Junco is mostly a resident of the mountains in Mexico. In the USA we can find them in the sky islands of southeastern Arizona. These birds share many of the same traits as their Dark-Eyed cousins. Many of their vocalizations are similar, and that familiar inverted white “V” of their otherwise dark tails that flash as they fly away, remind us we have been in the presence of juncos.
I’ve enjoyed the company of these birds when I’ve visited the Chiricahua, the Santa Rita and the Catalina Mountains of southeastern Arizona. There’s something enchanting in those piercing fiery yellow eyes.

Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
Description: Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:23 16:14 |
Location:
Rustler Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 330 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D721666-YellowEyedJunco |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
Description: Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:23 16:14 |
Location:
Rustler Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 330 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D721670-YellowEyedJunco |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
Description: Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:23 16:25 |
Location:
Rustler Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 330 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D721732-YellowEyedJunco |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
Description: Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:23 16:39 |
Location:
Rustler Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 330 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D721738-YellowEyedJunco |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
Description: Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:23 16:42 |
Location:
Rustler Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 330 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D721755-YellowEyedJunco |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
Description: Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains, south of Tucson Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:27 9:39 |
Location:
Madera Canyon |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: D722470-YellowEyedJunco |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
Description: Rustler Park near the higher elevations of the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2003:08:27 17:30 |
Location:
Rustler Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD_1072YellowEyeJunco |
© 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
Description: (Junco phaeonotus) My first meeting with this species was at Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona (USA) on 2003-08-28. |
Date Taken: 2003:08:27 17:30 |
Location:
Rustler Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD_1073YellowEyeJunco |
© 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
Description: Incinerator Ridge on Mount Lemon. Near Tucson, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2017:04:26 16:08 |
Location:
Incinerator Ridge |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/9.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: YellowEyedJunco_D5X8695 |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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