Dec 15, 2018
Bruant à couronne blanche // White-crowned Sparrow by Alexandre Légaré
seen from Türkiye
seen from Türkiye
seen from Malaysia
seen from Türkiye
seen from Australia
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from Malaysia
seen from Türkiye
seen from Singapore
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Russia
seen from Malaysia
seen from Singapore
seen from Germany
seen from Malaysia
seen from Türkiye
seen from Russia
Bruant à couronne blanche // White-crowned Sparrow by Alexandre Légaré
White Crowned Sparrow by Chris Flick Via Flickr: Sutro baths, Golden Gate Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, USA
Earlier in the day, I saw this young White-crowned Sparrow just... sitting there. Observing and looking around. It was pretty cold outside, too. There was just SOMETHING about its breast and stomach that was just so... pleasing. So soft... so round. So smooth and light! :)
There’s just something about the shape of the body and the way he turned his head that is just SO GOOD.
Once ONE Lesser Goldfinch finds its way to the watering hole... you can be sure the rest will follow! Poor White-crowned Sparrow did not seem very happy that tis bath time was being intruded upon, but I think the Lesser Goldfinches were so excited for a communal bath time!
This sparrow is doing the one-legged thing! Time to conserve body heat!...
“Winter is coming,” says the sparrow.
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys This bird is the one that I see around my feeder and bath the most often. They love to puff up and fluff themselves after a bath! Adults have developed bold black and white stripes on their heads. Juveniles (like the one in the seen bathing) have reddish brown and off white stripes. More Info @ AllAboutBirds.org
UBC Botanical Garden by Sean McCann (ibycter.com) on Flickr.