Fall is here, and the voices that tell me so are those of the crowned sparrows. There are two of these birds: the white-crowned and golden-crowned sparrow. Both arrive here in September from their … ...

Golden-Crowned Sparrow. Scientific Name: Zonotrichia atricapilla. Type ... sides, and flanks grayish brown. Bill dusky above, pale below. Adult: yellow patch tops black crown; less distinct in winter.

White-crowns are a large sparrow with a long tail. They are easy to identify with the crisp black-and-white crown stripes of the adults and their pink or yellow bill. First winter (immature) birds ...

A golden-yellow crown sets this sparrow apart from others. Found in western North America, it migrates in flocks, brightening up the landscape during winter. Golden-crowned Sparrow ...

White-crowned sparrow. I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows. ... the yellow-rumped warbler. Several purple finches, down from the North Country, were also present.

Usually the earliest warblers to arrive, they appeared on migration in late April this year, often in small flocks, after wintering in the southern U. S. and Mexico. They are very versatile ...

The research, conducted at the University of California, Santa Cruz Arboretum, uses ten years of golden-crowned sparrow data to improve ecologists’ understanding of social structure and overwintering ...