The large, handsome Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia Atricapilla) is a common bird of weedy or shrubby lowlands and city edg
The large, handsome Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia Atricapilla) is a common bird of weedy or shrubby lowlands and city edges in winter along the Pacific coast. Though it’s familiar to many during winter, Golden-crowned Sparrows vanish for the summer into tundra and shrublands from British Columbia to Alaska, where little is known of its breeding habits. Gold-rush miners took cold comfort from this bird’s melancholy song, which seems to reflect the bleak beauty of its surroundings.
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Location: Steveston, Ricmond, British Columbia, Canada
Photo credit: © Frank Pali / Alamy / Afripics
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