Eggs of a Dark-Eyed Junco
In the ditch in front of our house. Saw the parent junco.
Saw dark-hooded male leave nest. Nest is under a potted fern on our patio.
Saw Junco flush from the nest
nest under overhanging trail edge
Nest dug into switchback on Grouse Grind at roughly knee height. Parent flushed from nest when I first found the nest on 10 Jun. This time, on 20 Jun, the parents were nearby, then flew off.
Dark-eyed Junco; nest with young; shielded under a cultivated Euonymus; adult pair observed darting to and from the nest, as well as giving protective chirps when disturbed; eyelids opened by June 15th; observed in Paradise, NFLD.