Courting behavior???
There were lots of White-Crowned Sparrows on the WSU campus today. This particular sparrow, and I believe it probably was a female based on behavior, was just sitting on a branch making chirping noises. Another one flew into the tree and it suddenly changed its posture and started fluttering its wings, bill open, like it was begging. Then both the sparrows flew into the bushes below (they did get a room), so I did not see what ensued.
Courting behavior???
There were lots of White-Crowned Sparrows on the WSU campus today. This particular sparrow, and I believe it probably was a female based on behavior, was just sitting on a branch making chirping noises. Another one flew into the tree and it suddenly changed its posture and started fluttering its wings, bill open, like it was begging. Then both the sparrows flew into the bushes below (they did get a room), so I did not see what ensued.