Ground level platform bird feeders offer a large feeding area and mesh bottoms that will keep the food off the ground, keep it fresher and allow for drainage. Juncos can sometimes be attracted to suet if it is offered low to the ground. Juncos are particularly fond of the seeds from cosmos and zinnia. Consider leaving a space in your yard untended and free of chemicals. Plant pines, sweet gum and Russian olives to attract these birds naturally.
Juncos like to nest on the ground in mudbanks, tufts of weeds, fallen logs or rock ledges.
They build their nests with rootlets, shreds of bark, twigs, mosses, grasses and hair. Offer shelter on the ground in the form of dense shrubs, and offer concentrated stashes of their favorite nesting materials nearby. As with all birds and wildlife, a source of fresh, clean water is a strong attractant.