Northwest Wyoming is home to the pink-sided junco (Junco hyemalis mearnsi), and our lab has recently established a banded study population in Grand Teton National Park. Pink-sided juncos are intermediate to Oregon juncos and slate-colored juncos in their plumage characteristics, and nest abundantly in edge habitat such as transitions between sagebrush and coniferous forest. To date the Wyoming study population has been used predominantly in comparative studies related to divergence in vocal behavior and preen oil composition.
