Press Coverage
5 March 2014 – “The Ordinary Extraordinary Junco – Singing the Praises of a Research Rockstar” – Indiana University Alumni Magazine (Cover Article, Spring 2014)
22 February 2014 – “Good Natured: Amusing, amazing, extraordinary juncos” – Kane County Chronicle Newspaper, Illinois
19 February 2014 – “Native Animal of the Month: Dark-eyed Junco” – Urban Ecology Center – Stories Blog, Wisconsin
21 February 2014 – “Little gray bird can teach us a lot about ourselves…and sex!” – Bangor Daily News, Maine
12 February 2014 – “Change of Pace: Let’s Talk Juncos” – Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper, “WingNut: Everything Avian” column, Minneapolis, MN
30 January 2014 – “Juncos and Science” – Birding magazine Book Reviews, by Rick Wright
15 January 2014 – “Backyard Birder: The extraordinary, far from ordinary, junco” – in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript newspaper, Peterborough, NH
31 December 2013 – “Screening of a movie about juncos benefits Salem Audubon” – Statesman Journal newspaper, Willamette Valley, OR
7 December 2013 – “Backyard bird who’s a master of diversity” – Examiner.com
18 November 2013 – “Common backyard “snowbird” makes stunning debut in new birding documentary” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper and Cleveland.com, Cleveland, OH
18 November 2013 – “Juncos are the Harbingers of Winter” – Keene Sentinel Newspaper, Keene, NH (For the Birds column)
18 November 2013 – “Just a Junco?” – in Birding Community E-Bulletin published by the National Wildlife Refuge Association, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sport Optics
15 November 2013 – “Juncos – not so ordinary after all” – The Fat Finch Bird Brain Blog – Albuquerque, NM
13 November 2013 – “For the Birds: We Can Learn A Lot from Juncos” – The Hour Newspaper, Norwalk, CT
10 November 2013 – “Nature Watch: Film offers birders a fascinating look at the junco” – The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)
9 November 2013 – “Learn more about juncos at event in Keene: Event set for Nov. 21” – WMUR 9 New Hampshire
2 November 2013 – “Birds and Nature Radio Show” hosted by Dr. Scott Shalaway – AM NewsTalk 1360 Radio (Pittsburg, PA) – interview with Junco Project scientist (link to archived podcast available soon)
31 October 2013 – The Rappahannock Newspaper (Virginia): Wild Ideas: The (extra)ordinary junco
18 October 2013 – California Acadmey of Sciences’ Science Today Website: “Science in Action this Week: the Dark-eyed Junco”(includes a re-edit of excerpts of our film from Cal Academy producers)
13 October 2013 – Nature Documentaries.org – “Evolution in Action – Campus Juncos at UCSD” (article highlights the entire film)
7 October 2013 – The Flying Shingle Newspaper (Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada): “Just for the Birds – The Spunky Juncos of U Cal”
4 October 2013 – National Science Teacher’s Association (NSTA) Reports – October 2013 (Vol. 25, No. 3) – “Freebies for Science Teachers”
30 August 2013 – Birdwatching Magazine – www.BirdWatchingDaily.com blog: “New film about juncos offers fresh insights into common birds”
21 July 2013 – The Herald newspaper (Everett, Washington): “Junco film a fascinating look at quick evolution”
14 July 2013 – The Herald Times newspaper (Bloomington, Indiana): “Summer is a great time to watch a movie about juncos” (link requires subscription) PDF
10 July 2013 – California Academy of Sciences – Teacher’s Lounge Blog: “The Ordinary Extraordinary Junco: Evolution in Action”
30 June 2013 – Science360.gov – Featured Video Series: “Ordinary Extraordinary…Junco”
19 June 2013 – LiveScience.com: “Film Brings Science Home, Highlights Remarkable Backyard Bird”
31 May 2013 – The Herald Times newspaper (Bloomington, Indiana): “IU’s junco film ready for release to educators nationwide”
29 May 2013 – The Birding Wire (presented by Swarovski Optik): “‘Ordinary Extraordinary Junco’ Premieres at Indiana University”
22 May 2013 – IU News Room press release: “After successful premiere, IU biologists release junco documentary for birders, teachers”
09 December 2012 – The Herald Times newspaper (Bloomington, Indiana): “Dark-eyed juncos star in new documentary film” (link requires subscription) PDF
04 December 2012 – IU News Room press release: “With songbird as star, ‘Ordinary Extraordinary Junco’ movie puts spotlight on evolution, IU research”
26 November 2012 – Gradspace @ IU Telecomm blog: “The Ordinary Extraordinary Junco (feature on filmmaker Steve Burns)”
30 November 2012 – IU News Room press release: “Songbirds adapt to new urban environs thanks to rapid genetic evolution”
16 October 2012 – Scienceline.org online magazine (NYU): “Becoming city birds”