A white-crowned sparrow alights on Thursday on a plant on the bluffs above the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz. Depending on the season, this sparrow can be found throughout most of ...

and white-throated sparrows whistled from thickets. We were especially pleased to come across a band of white-crowned sparrows. This species nests far to our north, in taiga and tundra habitats.

The two autumn singers are the golden-crowned and white-crowned sparrow. The golden-crowned sparrow has the most memorable of all bird songs, with an easily distinguished melody that makes it the ...

White-crowned sparrows are coming through town, foraging in many places. I enjoyed watching one of them figure out how to get at the peanut butter in the feeder; it took a couple of minutes of ...