White-Crowned Sparrow
by Nava Thompson
Title
White-Crowned Sparrow
Artist
Nava Thompson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
(2nd place contest win in Beauty of Spring) A photo taken of White-Crowned Sparrow by Nava Thompson in the spring in NW Arkansas......................There are five currently recognized subspecies of White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis, gambelii, nuttalli, oriantha, and leucophrys), varying in breeding distribution migratory route. Birds of the subspecies nutalli are permanent residents in California, while birds of the subspecies gambelli may migrate as far as the Arctic Circle during the summer breeding season. Northern birds migrate to the southern United States........Their breeding habitat is brushy areas across northern Canada and the western United States.........................White-crowned Sparrow is a very rare vagrant to western Europe............. It has been recorded from England, Scotland,Ireland, and Norway.................These birds forage on the ground or in low vegetation, but sometimes make short flights to catch flying insects. They mainly eat seeds, other plant parts and insects. In winter, they often forage in flocks........................White-crowned Sparrows nest either low in bushes or on the ground under shrubs and lay 3�5 brown-marked grey or greenish-blue eggs.....................The White-crowned Sparrow is known for its natural alertness mechanism, which allows it to stay awake for up to two weeks during migration.......... This effect has been studied for possible human applications, such as shift-work drowsiness or truck driving.
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January 28th, 2014
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Comments (113)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
M Spadecaller
Lovely capture, Nava. Congratulations on your Best of the Best feature in the WFLS group.
Julie Brugh Riffey
Love this little Sparrow sitting in the colorful greenery and blossoms. Congrats for being featured in the Best of the Best on the WFS homepage. L/F
Susan Buscho
Congratulations on your special feature in the “Best of the Best” in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery
Donna Kennedy
Congratulations Nava on your Best of the Best Homepage Feature of the Week in WFS!!...L/T
Barbara McMahon
Nava, Fantastic Spring capture! Congratulations on your special feature in the “Best of the Best” in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery! l/f
Carolyn Rosenberger
Congrats on your feature in WF&S group, Nava! Love the composition and the wonderful spring colors! L&F
Randy Rosenberger
Dear Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group Member, You are to be congratulated on your achievement of getting your beautiful piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our “Best of the Best” section of our homepage. This is truly an honor to be selected for this special feature. If your works are featured, it is always an honor, but this honor is above and beyond what one sees most of the time. It is excellently done and presented and deserves a special place on our homepage. Happy sales to you till we meet again.
Jordan Hill
Congratulations on being featured in the FAA Group ‘The Outdoor Photographer' To ensure your feature remains available over time, post your featured images in the Group's 'Thanks for the Feature / photo archive
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your camera art has been nominated as a Special Feature by a fellow artist Camera Art member for your superb art in Camera Art Group!! Please share the love by nominating a fellow artist whose work is in Camera Art You can do that in the "Artist Special Feature Nomination" discussion in the Camera Art Group.
Jennifer White
Congratulations your wonderful photo has been featured in the Ozarks Photo and Art Collection Group. You are invited to post your featured image in the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.