Their On The Way To Mexico: Twice a year I have my yard filled with these characters, along with their cousins the White-throated. In the spring they hurry on through heading for their...

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Oct 10, 2016 21:08:28 #

LittleRed

Twice a year I have my yard filled with these characters, along with their cousins the White-throated. In the spring they hurry on through heading for their breeding grounds in the boreal forests north of me. But in the fall they are scurrying south to much warmer temperatures (can't really blame them), to the forests of the southern states and more likely Mexico. So for the past week or so I have been entertaining with full feeding stations about 3 or 4 dozen both adults and juveniles. As you can see, the adult and juveniles White-crowned Sparrows look the same except the immature ones have brown and buffy head stripes while the adults have black and white ones.

All pics were taken with a Canon T6i and a 55-250 lens.

Ron

White-crowned Sparrow (adult) on post

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White-crowned Sparrow (adult) in Spruce tree

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White-crowned Sparrow (adult) headshot

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White-crowned Sparrow (juvenile/immature) on lawn

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White-crowned Sparrow (juvenile/immature) on branch

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White-crowned Sparrow (juvenile/immature) with crest raised

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White-crowned Sparrow (juvenile/immature) headshot

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Oct 10, 2016 21:47:41 #

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Excellent captures. I love the second shot with all the evergreen foliage as a setting!

Oct 10, 2016 22:01:51 #

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

Great shots. Nice show of the difference between the adult and juvenile.
Bud

Oct 11, 2016 04:04:21 #

Leicaflex Loc: Cymru

A good series of photographs on the subject.
Thank you for posting.
I had never heard or seen this bird before now.

Oct 11, 2016 06:03:10 #

CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC

LittleRed wrote:

Twice a year I have my yard filled with these char... (show quote)

Ron, excellent photos. Love the colors, sharpness and the captions. I do not believe I have ever seen them in Eastern NC. Looking in my books they should be in the area. I love the series and will keep an eye open for them over here.

Greg

Oct 11, 2016 06:59:45 #

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Great close-ups of your friends!

Oct 11, 2016 08:00:58 #

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

Beautiful captures, good job.

Oct 11, 2016 08:55:17 #

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

Excellent excellent shots!!

Oct 11, 2016 11:03:42 #

gekko11 Loc: Las Cruces NM

very nice !! I especially like #7 .

Oct 11, 2016 11:56:36 #

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great series Ron.

Oct 11, 2016 13:01:50 #

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

LittleRed wrote:

Twice a year I have my yard filled with these char... (show quote)

We still have them around here, many actually stay throughout the winter. Although it is in the 20's in the morning, there are still a couple of hummers yet, hanging around and visiting the feeders in the mornings!!

Oct 11, 2016 14:14:12 #