Thursday, May 14, 2009

Most recent sparrow arrival White-crowned.




It is easy to see the origin of the name of this most recent little sparrow species. The white stripes on its crown appears to be especially wide on the one in these photos!Also characteristic of its appearance is its gray feathered body and its pink bill. About 4 of them appeared in Bird Alley on Monday and I have seen them around and about almost every day all week.

10 comments:

Helen said...

Those are very pretty birds. Helen

Ruth's Photo Blog said...

Good looking birds.We have several around right now.
Blessings,Ruth

Tina said...

Such a cutie and rather plump...looks like he been eating well!!
Such sweet eyes on this bird!

Becky said...

I've had about 4 pair of these. They are the cutest. I'm still waiting for the White Throated. No sign of them yet.
B.

bobbie said...

Lovely little bird, and beautiful rocks. I love rocks!

Sharon said...

Ahhhh...what a cutie:)

DeniseinVA said...

I have never seen this particular sparrow before. I hope he pays me a visit one day. Enjoyed your photos.

Mary said...

I know I wrote a comment for this post...but I guess I didn't post it right! Very cute white crown sparrow...one of the most attractive ones. I haven't seen any for over a year.

Dawn Fine said...

Beautiful birds. So what is this bird alley your talking about?

DeniseinVA said...

Wonderful shots Ann, I have never seen any of these white-crowned sparrows around here.