NONBREEDING GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (ZONOTRICHIA ATRICAPILLA)(RECOVERED PHOTO), MCINNIS COUNTY PARK,SAN RAFAEL,CA, 11/16/2017

       We can ID this Sparrow as a nonbreeding Golden-crowned Sparrow as follows:

• Yellow patch atop and towards front of black crown.  You can see this on the third and fourth photos, even though the Sparrow was moving in the fourth photo.
• Black eyestripe.
• Gray underparts.
• Gray neck, including nape.
• Brownish and streaked upperparts with two whitish wingbars (you can see them in second photo).

      The Golden-crowned Sparrow is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 905.