Immature White-crowned Sparrow
First off, thanks to Don Delaney for helping me with the ID. After scouring my guidebook over and over, I was thrown off by the colour on the top of it's head, which are brown and buff in this youngster as compared to the black and white in adults.
I see that I had captures of one from 2009. I remember being so excited at getting those shots, a new bird taken from a nice low viewpoint backed by Spring greens. Looking at those shots now, well they were very low res, the bird was tiny in the frame and pretty darned soft. Amazing how one's expectations change over the years. So while this is not a lifer, it is the first good shot I have of one of these guys.
Immature White-crowned Sparrow
First off, thanks to Don Delaney for helping me with the ID. After scouring my guidebook over and over, I was thrown off by the colour on the top of it's head, which are brown and buff in this youngster as compared to the black and white in adults.
I see that I had captures of one from 2009. I remember being so excited at getting those shots, a new bird taken from a nice low viewpoint backed by Spring greens. Looking at those shots now, well they were very low res, the bird was tiny in the frame and pretty darned soft. Amazing how one's expectations change over the years. So while this is not a lifer, it is the first good shot I have of one of these guys.