Resting White Crowned Sparrow
by Robert Bales
Title
Resting White Crowned Sparrow
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Found this white-crowned sparrow resting on a limb waiting to get to the bird feeder.
White-crowned Sparrows appear each winter over much of North America to grace our gardens and favorite trails (they live in parts of the West year-round). The smart black-and-white head, pale beak, and crisp gray breast combine for a dashing look and make it one of the surest sparrow identifications in North America. Watch for flocks of these sparrows scurrying through brushy borders and overgrown fields, or coax them into the open with backyard feeders. As spring approaches, listen out for this birds thin, sweet whistle.
White-crowned Sparrows breed in open or shrubby habitats, including tundra, high alpine meadows, and forest edges. Patches of bare ground and grasses are important characteristics. During winter and on migration these birds frequent thickets, weedy fields, agricultural fields, roadsides, and backyards.
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March 3rd, 2020
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