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August 7, 2017 by: RidgetopFarm&Garden

Birds ’round Here: White-crowned Sparrow

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

The white-crowned sparrow is common around our house in the foothills of Oregon’s coast range. We have the Pacific subspecies with a yellow beak.

 

IDENTIFICATION

HEAD: black and white striped
THROAT: light gray or white
BREAST: gray
BELLY: gray
WINGS: streaked brown, faint white bars
TAIL: long
BACK: streaked brown and gray
BILL: yellow
EYE: brown

ADULT
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

IMMATURE
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

I’m not 100% positive, but I believe this to be an immature sparrow molting. He/she is a bit rough looking.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

A young one with and adult.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

HABITAT

White-crowned sparrows prefer the edges of shrubby woodlands.

We tend to see the golden-crowned sparrow more during the winter months and the white-crowned sparrow the remainder of the year.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

FEEDING

White-crowned sparrows forage on the ground searching for insects. They will also catch them mid air.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

The sparrows also like seeds, whether from our feeder or wild grasses. They will also choose berries to eat.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

FRIENDS & FAMILY

FAMILY: New World Sparrows
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Zonotrichia leucophrys

Flock of white-crowned sparrows bathing in our pond.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

White-crowned sparrow with his cousin, the golden-crowned sparrow.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

NESTING

Around here, I find their nests a foot or two above ground hiding in a shrub.

Mama sparrow sits on her eggs about 12 days before they hatch. The hatchlings leave the nest at about a week to week and a half old.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

We have to watch for the little guys, as they are sometimes on the ground.
Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

PHOTO GALLERY

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

Ridgetop Farm and Garden | Birds 'Round Here | White-crowned Sparrow

 

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