Golden-crowned Sparrows are abundant winter visitors to Washington, Oregon and California. They stray elsewhere in North America. This sparrow feeds in shurblands and urban thickets. The species can be destructive to gardens and cultivated vegetables. Despite increasing populations and their deitary propensities, Golden-crowned Sparrows are relatively little studied (Norment et al. 2020). Erika and I photographed this vain male at the Billy Frank Jr Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge on 19 October 2020.
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