I have seen all my Golden-crowned Sparrows in Arcata California. They are so common, and so tame, at Arcata Marsh Nature Center that you have to pay attention so you do not step on them as they forage in the trails. Exaggeration : ) but not by much. I have had them literally at my feet. In fact, they spend so much time on the ground that it is a challenge to get one perched up on bush. I don’t know about you, but Sparrow on the ground shots are not my favorites. Though it is, of course, for many species, completely natural…it never looks natural to me. That is why I was happy to find this specimen up in the bush.

Olympus OM-D E-M10 with 75-300mm zoom. 600mm equivalent. Shutter preferred. 1/800th @ ISO 1000 @ f7.1. Processed in Snapseed on my tablet. Cropped for composition and scale.