Julie L. Brown Photography

White-crowned Sparrow, immature

Posted by Julie L. Brown (Indianapolis, Indiana, United States) on 28 January 2012 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Matheson Wetland Preserve
Moab, Utah 10/13/11

Utah 2011 Series

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I would have preferred not to have had that branch running across the image in the background, but this is my first photo of an immature White-crowned Sparrow.

Most of us in the US only see White-crowned Sparrows in the winter. The bold stripes on the crown make this sparrow easily identifiable. They can be found in thickets, low trees and bushes, or foraging on the ground.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/white-crowned_sparrow/id/ac

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