The Tangled Trail

Backyard Birds: Sparrows

We now have both juvenile White-crowned Sparrows and juvenile Golden-crowned Sparrows visiting our yard.  Now that I can see both, frequently side-by-side, I can clearly see the difference.  The one I thought last week was a Golden-crowned Sparrow is definitely a White-crowned one.  Here are a few photos of the fist-year Golden-crowned Sparrows who visited this morning.

For comparison, here are a couple shots I took this morning of a juvenile White-crowned Sparrow…

But if I’m still confused, please help me out.  🙂  And where are all the adult ones??

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  1. Maya Greywolf Avatar
    Maya Greywolf

    Great captures!!

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    1. A Nature Mom Avatar
      A Nature Mom

      Thanks!

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  2. Planting Potatoes Avatar
    Planting Potatoes

    wow…how do you get them to sit still for you? 🙂

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    1. A Nature Mom Avatar
      A Nature Mom

      Haha.. they’re wonderful models, aren’t they?

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      1. Planting Potatoes Avatar
        Planting Potatoes

        must be those easy going California birds people talk so much about! 🙂

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  3. Alex Jones Avatar
    Alex Jones

    Awesome images.

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    1. A Nature Mom Avatar
      A Nature Mom

      Thanks, Alex.

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  4. Deb Platt Avatar
    Deb Platt

    Nice photos! I’ve always thought that sparrows are kind of tricky to identify. By far the most common sparrow to visit my yard is the House Sparrow. On a related note, I decided to join Project Feeder Watch this winter, too. But I still haven’t received my initial packet.

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    1. A Nature Mom Avatar
      A Nature Mom

      The sparrows are new to our yard, so it’s a completely new kind of bird for me to identify. Yesterday, I also believe there was a Fox Sparrow in the mix. At one point, there were thirty or so birds in our tiny yard! It was chaos. But fun!

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    emocrippled

    Reblogged this on emocrippled.

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