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Juncos: arrival and departure dates by state

Juncos reach Wyoming first, around the second week of February, and Rhode Island last, around late September. Pick your state below for exact arrival, peak and departure dates.

State	Main species	First arrivals	Peak	Most gone by	Peak %
Wyoming	Dark-eyed Junco	Feb 8-14	Apr 8-14	Apr 15-21	26%
Montana	Dark-eyed Junco	Feb 22-28	Mar 22-31	Apr 15-21	25%
Alaska	Dark-eyed Junco	Apr 22-30	May 8-14	Jul 15-21	33%
District of Columbia	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 1-7	Mar 22-31	Apr 8-14	34%
Indiana	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 1-7	Dec 1-7	Apr 8-14	46%
Iowa	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 1-7	Nov 1-7	Apr 8-14	51%
Nebraska	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 1-7	Jan 1-7	Apr 1-7	53%
New Jersey	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 1-7	Dec 8-14	Apr 8-14	44%
Ohio	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 1-7	Dec 8-14	Apr 8-14	36%
Pennsylvania	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 1-7	Dec 8-14	Apr 8-14	50%
Arizona	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Nov 1-7	Mar 15-21	15%
Colorado	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Dec 8-14	Apr 1-7	38%
Delaware	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Dec 8-14	Apr 8-14	37%
Idaho	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Dec 8-14	Mar 22-31	48%
Kansas	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Dec 1-7	Apr 1-7	58%
Kentucky	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Jan 8-14	Apr 1-7	35%
Maine	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Nov 1-7	Apr 15-21	27%
Maryland	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Dec 8-14	Apr 8-14	45%
Missouri	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Feb 8-14	Apr 1-7	60%
New Hampshire	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Feb 8-14	Apr 15-21	44%
New Mexico	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Dec 22-31	Mar 22-31	50%
Oklahoma	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Feb 8-14	Mar 22-31	48%
Oregon	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Dec 8-14	Apr 8-14	51%
South Dakota	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Oct 22-31	Apr 8-14	38%
Utah	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Dec 8-14	Mar 22-31	41%
Vermont	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Feb 8-14	Apr 22-30	40%
Virginia	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 8-14	Dec 8-14	Apr 1-7	38%
Arkansas	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 15-21	Feb 15-21	Mar 22-31	49%
Nevada	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 15-21	Dec 8-14	Mar 15-21	26%
New York	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 15-21	Nov 8-14	Apr 15-21	39%
Tennessee	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 15-21	Jan 8-14	Mar 22-31	25%
Texas	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 15-21	Feb 8-14	Mar 15-21	10%
Alabama	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 22-31	Feb 15-21	Mar 22-31	16%
Georgia	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 22-31	Feb 8-14	Mar 22-31	12%
Louisiana	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 22-31	Feb 8-14	Mar 8-14	7.9%
Mississippi	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 22-31	Feb 8-14	Mar 15-21	18%
South Carolina	Dark-eyed Junco	Oct 22-31	Feb 8-14	Mar 22-31	11%
West Virginia	Dark-eyed Junco	Nov 1-7	Jan 15-21	Apr 1-7	36%
North Carolina	Dark-eyed Junco	Nov 8-14	Feb 15-21	Mar 22-31	31%
Minnesota	Dark-eyed Junco	Sep 15-21	Oct 22-31	Apr 22-30	47%
North Dakota	Dark-eyed Junco	Sep 15-21	Oct 15-21	Apr 22-30	45%
Wisconsin	Dark-eyed Junco	Sep 15-21	Nov 1-7	Apr 15-21	49%
Connecticut	Dark-eyed Junco	Sep 22-30	Dec 8-14	Apr 8-14	46%
Illinois	Dark-eyed Junco	Sep 22-30	Nov 8-14	Apr 8-14	52%
Massachusetts	Dark-eyed Junco	Sep 22-30	Dec 8-14	Apr 15-21	40%
Michigan	Dark-eyed Junco	Sep 22-30	Feb 8-14	Apr 15-21	43%
Rhode Island	Dark-eyed Junco	Sep 22-30	Nov 22-30	Apr 8-14	30%
Washington	Dark-eyed Junco	all year	Mar 8-14	–	53%
California	Dark-eyed Junco	all year	Mar 8-14	–	28%

First arrivals = first week reports reach 10% of the usual in-season rate for the most reported species in the state. Most gone by = last week at half that rate. Definitions.

Every junco species

Dark-eyed Junco