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The flocks change over time, but some birds very clearly stay together. The golden-crowned sparrows’ connections are not related to kinship. That complex social structure prompted the researchers to ...

SANTA CRUZ — A recent UC Santa Cruz study examining the golden-crowned sparrow, which winters annually at the UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden, shows that the colorful birds have complex social ...

Listen for the melancholy “I’m so tired” of the golden-crowned sparrow or the related song of the related white-crown: a similar clear, high-whistled note commences the performances, but ...

A golden-yellow crown sets this sparrow apart from others. Found in western North America, it migrates in flocks, brightening up the landscape during winter. Golden-crowned Sparrow ...

I was pleased to hear the rough “jit-jit” notes of a ruby-crowned kinglet.While a common migrant earlier in fall, by late November the tiny bird is rare. Its tinier relative the golden-crowned ...