White crowned sparrows

Peter creed 16/10/2023 12:36

Hello over the weekend I had a family of white crowned sparrows on my feeders and on the grass. I have never seen them before, they are beautiful. does anybody else see these?

Linda257 16/10/2023 12:57

Do you have a photo Peter...also where in the world are you?

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WendyBartter 16/10/2023 12:57

Hi Peter and welcome to the forum, may I ask where you are and do you have any pictures as the bird you are describing is native to North America?

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Peter creed 16/10/2023 20:18 in reply to WendyBartter

Hello yes I'm in Plymouth Devon, there were about four of them
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Peter creed 16/10/2023 20:19 in reply to Linda257

You're Scottish accent really isn't so bad probably not as bad as my Devon accent I saw the birds in my garden in Plymouth Devon
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Linda257 16/10/2023 20:29 in reply to Peter creed

Lol.I often let some slang words slip into my typing hence why I always have that as my signature.....can I ask how you identified them as white crowned sparrows....and you never said if you got photos of them

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WendyBartter 16/10/2023 20:45

See we posted same questions at same time Linda ... any wild guesses in the absence of pics?

A family/group of four? Maybe Coal tits?

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Linda257 16/10/2023 21:04 in reply to WendyBartter

I doubt a "family" of anything at this time of year Wendy....hard to think of anything really that would match up to WCS.....Long Tailed Tits....Redpoll perhaps but without a pic its impossible lol

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WendyBartter 16/10/2023 22:18 in reply to Linda257

I thought LTT too but they don't go on the ground do they?

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Linda257 16/10/2023 22:27 in reply to WendyBartter

Only seen them on the ground to pick up nesting material ....have seen them in the pond before aswell but that's all

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Peter creed 17/10/2023 07:09

At first I thought they were black caps because they visit in the winter then I noticed the single white stripe through the centre of the head and the long tail made me think of wagtail but they had an orange ish beak. I googled that description and it came up with white crowned sparrow and yes it was them. I'll try and get some pictures. Just wondered if they were a common occurrence in the UK?
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