{"id":128080,"date":"2024-05-01T02:58:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T07:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=128080"},"modified":"2024-04-30T17:20:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T22:20:15","slug":"white-crowned-sparrow-photos-from-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/05\/01\/white-crowned-sparrow-photos-from-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"White-crowned Sparrow Photos From Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t know I would be taking White-crowned Sparrow photos on my visit to Arkansas, but they do overwinter here. Thankfully, they haven’t all migrated yet.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult White-crowned Sparrow in Arkansas \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/640, ISO 1000, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

While I have taken White-crowned Sparrow photos before, I believe this is my first time taking images of the Eastern Taiga subspecies, Zonotrichia leucophrys nigrilora<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I must admit that I got these White-crowned Sparrows confused with the Interior West subspecies, Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha<\/em>, which I am far more familiar with.<\/p>\n

Sorry, Steve<\/span><\/a>, I almost steered you wrong on this identification. Mea culpa. I’m glad I did more investigating.<\/p>\n

David Sibley, celebrated author of bird guides and esteemed expert in bird identification, provides a valuable resource for identifying White-crowned Sparrows on his website<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"White-crownedWhite-crowned Sparrow in Arkansas \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/640, ISO 1000, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve enjoyed photographing the lingering White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows<\/span><\/a> that have come into the feeder in Steve’s garden. Sometimes the two sparrow species have fed side by side without issue; sometimes they squabbled and fought. The White-throated Sparrows may have taken off for their breeding grounds because it has been several days since I have seen one.<\/p>\n

I hope to take more photos of these sparrows before they leave to head to their breeding grounds.<\/p>\n

Sparrows are never ‘just little brown birds’ to me. Not only are they fun to photograph and beautiful, but I also enjoy the challenge of identifying them. I should be seeing some new (to me) species of them soon! I’m looking forward to that.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my White-crowned Sparrow photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t know I would be taking White-crowned Sparrow photos on my visit to Arkansas, but they do overwinter here. Thankfully, they haven’t all migrated yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13950,13951,356],"tags":[4004,13965,14979,13931,4104,13964,855,4195,165,8018,4327,13966,4256,14977,2665],"class_list":["post-128080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-sebastian-county","category-white-crowned-sparrows","tag-adult","tag-arkansas","tag-eastern-taiga","tag-garden","tag-perched","tag-sebastian-county","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-spring","tag-urban","tag-white-crowned-sparrow","tag-yard","tag-zonotrichia-leucophrys","tag-zonotrichia-leucophrys-nigrilora","tag-zonotrichia-leucophrys-oriantha"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-1533.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-xjO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143217,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/05\/01\/white-crowned-sparrow-in-spring\/","url_meta":{"origin":128080,"position":0},"title":"White-crowned Sparrow In Spring","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I'm sharing a lingering adult White-crowned Sparrow that I photographed from the deck three days ago. I\u2019d been listening to it sing for several days.","rel":"","context":"In "Arkansas"","block_context":{"text":"Arkansas","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/arkansas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult White-crowned Sparrow in spring, Sebastian County, Arkansas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-eastern-taiga-miia-mcpherson-9280.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-eastern-taiga-miia-mcpherson-9280.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-eastern-taiga-miia-mcpherson-9280.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-eastern-taiga-miia-mcpherson-9280.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9466,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/14\/white-crowned-sparrow-on-a-rusty-wire-fence\/","url_meta":{"origin":128080,"position":1},"title":"White-crowned Sparrow On A Rusty Wire Fence","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In the Centennial Valley of Montana at this time of the year I see plenty of White-crowned Sparrows of the interior west sub-species and although most of them that I see are juveniles there are also adults hanging around foraging too.","rel":"","context":"In "Beaverhead County"","block_context":{"text":"Beaverhead County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/beaverhead-county-montana\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult White-crowned Sparrow on a wire fence in the Centennial Valley of Beaverhead County, Montana. Interior West subspecies.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-4767.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-4767.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-4767.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-4767.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60978,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/10\/23\/white-crowned-sparrow-adult-perched-in-a-hackberry-tree\/","url_meta":{"origin":128080,"position":2},"title":"White-crowned Sparrow Adult Perched In A Hackberry Tree","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I photographed this adult White-crowned Sparrow about two weeks ago in northern Utah while it perched on a hackberry tree on a hill with blooming rabbitbrush in the background.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult White-crowned Sparrow in a hackberry tree, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15858,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/09\/19\/interior-west-white-crowned-sparrow\/","url_meta":{"origin":128080,"position":3},"title":"Interior West White-crowned Sparrow","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Bird photography isn't easy and for smaller birds like this adult White-crowned Sparrow it can be challenging and require more patience than when photographing larger birds.","rel":"","context":"In "Beaverhead County"","block_context":{"text":"Beaverhead County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/beaverhead-county-montana\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Interior West White-crowned Sparrow perched on Western Serviceberry, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/white-crowned-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-8691.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/white-crowned-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-8691.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/white-crowned-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-8691.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/white-crowned-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-8691.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25463,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/06\/13\/a-wonderful-photo-session-with-a-white-crowned-sparrow\/","url_meta":{"origin":128080,"position":4},"title":"Wonderful Photo Session with a White-crowned Sparrow","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday was bright and sunny in the Centennial Valley and after hearing this White-crowned Sparrow singing I felt like breaking out in song too.","rel":"","context":"In "Beaverhead County"","block_context":{"text":"Beaverhead County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/beaverhead-county-montana\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Singing adult White-crowned Sparrow at Red Rock Lakes NWR (Interior West subspecies), Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-adult-singing-mia-mcpherson-1825.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-adult-singing-mia-mcpherson-1825.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-adult-singing-mia-mcpherson-1825.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-adult-singing-mia-mcpherson-1825.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":135729,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/10\/16\/fall-brings-white-crowned-and-white-throated-sparrows-to-arkansas\/","url_meta":{"origin":128080,"position":5},"title":"Fall Brings White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows to Arkansas","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Fall will bring White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows back to Arkansas for their non-breeding season. I\u2019m super excited about their impending arrival.","rel":"","context":"In "Arkansas"","block_context":{"text":"Arkansas","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/arkansas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"White-throated Sparrow with an eye on me, Sebastian County, Arkansas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/white-throated-sparrow-arkansas-adult-mia-mcpherson-9388.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/white-throated-sparrow-arkansas-adult-mia-mcpherson-9388.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/white-throated-sparrow-arkansas-adult-mia-mcpherson-9388.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/white-throated-sparrow-arkansas-adult-mia-mcpherson-9388.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}