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White-crowned sparrow, May 1, 2022, Rondeau Provincial Park. Their head pattern reminds me of wet paint. Zonotrichia leucophrys A migrating White-crowned Sparrow was once tracked moving 300 miles in a single night. Alaskan White-crowned Sparrows migrate about 2,600 miles to winter in Southern California. source - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Immature white-crowned sparrow, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, October 19, 2021. Another visitor to the water feature in the yard. Zonotrichia leucophrys A migrating White-crowned Sparrow was once tracked moving 300 miles in a single night. Alaskan White-crowned Sparrows migrate about 2,600 miles to winter in Southern California. source- Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

White crowned sparrow, Oct 7, 2018, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. We still have a few white crowned and white throated sparrows coming to the pond. The white isn't as brilliant as it is in the spring, but it still stands out. Zonotrichia leucophrys A migrating White-crowned Sparrow was once tracked moving 300 miles in a single night. Alaskan White-crowned Sparrows migrate about 2,600 miles to winter in Southern California. The oldest recorded White-crowned Sparrow lived in California and was at least 13 years, 4 months old. source - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-crowned_Sparrow/

Recently I found out that the brown crowned white crowned sparrows were the immature ones. Makes more sense that a brown crowned white crown. ©2016 Ric McArthur Zonotrichia leucophrys Because male White-crowned Sparrows learn the songs they grow up with and typically breed close to where they were raised, song dialects frequently form. Males on the edge of two dialects may be bilingual and able to sing both dialects.

This white crowned sparrow seems to be taunting us with his casual stretch. Can you put your elbows together? Zonotrichia leucophrys Scientists interested in movement and energetics have discovered that White-crowned Sparrows can run on a treadmill at a pace of about one-third of a mile an hour without tiring out. Really? just how do you get a bird to run on a treadmill? Source for the treadmill - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.