This past Monday (10 November) I was delighted to spot my first White-throated Sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis) of the season. White-throated Sparrows overwinter in my area of Northern Virginia and seem to have arrived fairly recently.
I love the distinctive markings of these little birds, with their white “beards” that remind me of Santa Claus and their bright yellow lores, i.e. the region between the eye and the bill. They are the only species of sparrows that I can reliably identify—for other sparrows I have to look closely at guide books in order to guess their species.
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Mike Powell 
very beautifull 👍