Cool Facts about White-crowned Sparrows taken from Cornell’s All About Birds:
A young male White-crowned Sparrow learns the basics of the song it will sing as an adult during the first two or three months of its life. It does not learn directly from its father, but rather from the generalized song environment of its natal neighborhood.
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.
I like the way Larry framed the bird's head
between the vines in this photo.
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Interesting. We don't get those here in RI; I had to look them up in my Audubon. Definitely a handsome Sparrow!
...at my house, they aren't quite as abundant as the white-throated sparrows, so they become even more special.
Wonderful photos. I don't see them here in MA either.
Nice capture! I always like it when you can get the male and female in the same photo.
Wonderful Kelly. I did not know this bird.. Cool pictures!!! Congrats...
Thanks, Chris!
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