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<\/p>\nI believe this shot will become one of my favorite photos of the species. There’s nothing spectacular about it but I think it has a lot of things going for it.<\/p>\n
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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Three days ago, in the same general area where I photographed yesterday’s Loggerhead Shrike, I took dozens of photos of this immature White-crowned Sparrow but this is the only one in the bunch that I thought really came together. The light was a bit sketchy due to cloud cover but in this single photo ‘he’ gave me a pretty good head turn while he was in a spot on his perch where he was naturally framed by the branches below and above him with a mostly clean background.<\/p>\n White-crowned Sparrows may be common, at least around here, but I think both the adults and the immature birds are uncommonly handsome and to my eye this one appears to be in unusually fine fettle.<\/p>\n A handsome bird framed appealingly by natural elements so I decided to share.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I believe this shot from three days ago will become one of my favorite photos of the species.<\/p>\n