White Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
"1st Winter: (Sep-Apr) Like
ad. but black and white head stripes replaced by grayish-brown
central crown-stripe and eyebrow and rich brown lateral crown-stripes;
bill pale pinkish to yellowish" (Donald & Lillian Stokes.
The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America, p.
690)
This bird is between
the 1st year and the adult.
Photo taken with a Nikon D80 with
a Nikon 400mm f/5.6.
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January 19, 2008.