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No matter how hard a winter it may be in the lower 48, or how cold it remains, once most of the snow is off the ground, the Slate-colored Juncos that winter along the East Coast begin to disappear and head back to Canada, Alaska, and Newfoundland. Juncos are primarily seed eaters, but they will eat chopped fruit and nuts as well. They gather and migrate in feeding flocks, roosting together at night in low thickets. Here’s how to recognize them: