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Immature Zonotrichia leucophrys, or white-crowned sparrow. Gambel's sparrow is a sub-species of the white-crowned sparrow. Laskey's research career began following her 1921 move to Nashville, Tennessee. At that time, Laskey began to participate in a local gardening club, having an expansive garden at her home which she named "Blossomdell". Her ...
The white-crowned sparrow and focus of Barbara DeWolfe's Research. DeWolfe's research focused on the white-crowned sparrow. She studied living populations, rather than stuffed animals as was the previous method, in California and Alaska. She was observed variations in breeding and song to help determine differences between the races of the ...
The white-crowned sparrow is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. [5] It has been sighted in England, Scotland, [5] [6] Ireland, [7] and Norway. [8] In 2008 a white-crowned sparrow was spotted in Cley next the Sea in Norfolk, England. [9] To commemorate the event an image of the bird was included in a window at St Margaret's Church.
Jim McCormac visits Slate Run Metro Park to see and hear white-crowned sparrows, especially the young birds practicing their song. Young white-crowned sparrows perfecting melody still a delight to ...
These birds have brown backs streaked with black, and distinctive head markings. Their cup nests, built by the female, are of plant material lined with fine grasses and constructed on the ground, low in a tree or bush, or in a niche in a wall. The female lays brown-blotched greenish-blue or greenish white eggs, which she incubates for 12–14 days.
White-crowned sparrow: Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forster, JR, 1772) 70 Golden-crowned sparrow: Zonotrichia atricapilla (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 71 Harris's sparrow: Zonotrichia querula (Nuttall, 1840) 72 White-throated sparrow: Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 73 Sagebrush sparrow: Artemisiospiza nevadensis (Ridgway, 1874) 74 Bell's sparrow
English: A white-crowned sparrow in Parque de la Amistad, Tijuana. Date: 7 April 2023, 09:53:11: Source: Own work: Author: Laurel Wreath of Victors: Camera location
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