Thursday's Bird Watch

This is juvenile White-crowned Sparrow that was photographed here at Dallas Retirement Village last Friday, August 15th. This White-crowned Sparrow is recognizable as a juvenile by the brown crown stripes in place of the adult's strikingly contrasting white and black crown stripes. The nesting season appears to be ending, marked by the absence of the bright singing of the adult males.  On this day of the photograph, a dozen birds were traveling in a mixed flock of adults and juveniles, busy feeding on bugs and seeds in the water collection basin in the South-East corner of DRV.