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white crowned sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys

Description:

migrating thru High Island, TX. First impressions of White-crowned Sparrows tend to be of a plain, pale-gray bird; next your eye is drawn to the very bold black-and-white stripes on the head and the pale pink or yellow bill. Learn this bird's size and shape so you're ready to identify young birds that have brown, not black, markings on the head.

Habitat:

brush mix with open or grassy ground for foraging. For much of the United States, White-crowned Sparrows are most likely in winter (although two races live year round in the West, along the coast and in the mountains).

Notes:

•Because male White-crowned Sparrows learn the songs they grew up with and do not travel far from where they were raised, song dialects frequently form. Males on the edge of two dialects may be bilingual and able to sing both dialects.

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7 Comments

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 10 years ago

thanks Mona

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 10 years ago

thanks Sandra

SandraPereira
SandraPereira 10 years ago

Super ...

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Very beautiful pictures Susan... I like them a lots..

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 10 years ago

thanks Tom

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Very nice Susan!

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 10 years ago

thanks Dana!!

SusanEllison
Spotted by
SusanEllison

Texas, USA

Spotted on May 5, 2013
Submitted on May 8, 2013

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