Birds Golden-crowned Sparrow

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Golden-crowned Sparrow
Not quite alone here

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[Unframed Dave]

Never seen one of those before, looks like a cross between a house sparrow and a goldcrest.

 

[iain clyne]

Nice bird and shot.

 

[Ralph]

A bird I have not seen with my own eyes and it is a bird like so many with as I see it the gene pool from the Sparrow /Canary mix.
But to me this is a good mix as they have a vast variety of birds for them.
Each as I think is a stunner.

 

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Saw another one today.

Golden-crowned Sparrow Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The large, handsome Golden-crowned Sparrow 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...

www.allaboutbirds.org

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[Ralph]

These are still different to the ones we have here though have the same name.