Golden-Crowned Sparrow. Scientific Name: Zonotrichia atricapilla. Type ... sides, and flanks grayish brown. Bill dusky above, pale below. Adult: yellow patch tops black crown; less distinct in winter.

The white-crowned sparrow breeds along the Pacific Coast, in western mountains and across Canada and Alaska, and winters in much of the United States and Mexico. This bird has a gray body with a ...

A golden-yellow crown sets this sparrow apart from others. Found in western North America, it migrates in flocks, brightening up the landscape during winter. Golden-crowned Sparrow ...

White-crowned sparrow. I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows. ... the yellow-rumped warbler. Several purple finches, down from the North Country, were also present.

Usually the earliest warblers to arrive, they appeared on migration in late April this year, often in small flocks, after wintering in the southern U. S. and Mexico. They are very versatile ...

The research, conducted at the University of California, Santa Cruz Arboretum, uses ten years of golden-crowned sparrow data to improve ecologists’ understanding of social structure and overwintering ...