Fun Facts About White-crowned Sparrows - HERE Fall & Winter
White-crowned Sparrows show loyalty to their winter territories and are likely to return to the same areas each year.
White-crowned Sparrows are ground feeding birds and they like millet, sunflower chips and black oil sunflowers. They will eat seed that falls from your feeders, but put a tray or dish with seed on the ground for them with enough seed just for the day.
Male White-crowned Sparrows can actually be bilingual, learning and using distinct song dialects from their home territory and a bordering one.
White-crowned Sparrows have been known to migrate over 2600 miles from Alaska to California. While migrating north in the spring, their average travel distance is about 70 miles per day.
During the winter, a White-crowned Sparrow’s body contains about 3 grams of fat of which ½ is used up at night and must be replaced everyday.
Through the analysis of bird banding records, the average life span of a White-crowned Sparrow is thought to be around 16 months while the longest known lifespan was just over 13 years.
White-crowned Sparrows show loyalty to their winter territories and are likely to return to the same areas each year.