Photo of the Week: White-crowned Sparrow

Gray sparrow with pinkish-orange bill, black and white striped head, and brown wings pauses in the green grass.

While bright colorful warblers catch everyone’s attention in our area during spring migration, one of the birds I’m always looking for in spring is the White-crowned Sparrow.

It’s a beautiful large gray sparrow, with contrasting bold white and black stripes on its head.

Some populations are known to overwinter in our area, but I rarely find one during our winter months in Michigan.

I’ve seen a White-crowned Sparrow in southeast Michigan once in mid-November 2018.

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