Phriday Photo – White-crowned Sparrow (with a Brown Crown)

by The Birdfreak Team on October 24, 2008

The White-crowned Sparrows with brown crowns (aka, 1st year birds), always seem to be a bit more bold than those with the sharp white and black crowns.

White-crowned Sparrow

Digiscoped with our sweet Swarovski 80 HD spotting scope and “old reliable” the Canon Rebel XTi.

    

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Tabib October 24, 2008 at 1:02 pm

Amazing image quality, so sharp, nice creamy background.
May I know why this bird called “1st year birds”, a juvenile one year old bird?

2 The Zen Birdfeeder October 25, 2008 at 8:34 pm

Very nice digiscoped image. I’ll keep an eye out now; I’ve never seen a white-crowned with brown vs. black. Thanks for the info.

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