{"id":143938,"date":"2023-09-30T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T12:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=143938"},"modified":"2023-09-30T06:06:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T12:06:02","slug":"adult-white-crowned-sparrow-hanging-out-with-the-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/30\/adult-white-crowned-sparrow-hanging-out-with-the-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult White-crowned Sparrow Hanging Out With The Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

After yesterday’s long-winded post, today’s edition of Feathered Photography will be brief.<\/p>\n

A week ago today, on an otherwise unproductive morning in a remote area of northern Utah, I found a flock of dozens of juvenile White-crowned Sparrows and I posted a flight shot of one of them<\/a><\/span><\/span> the next day. Out of all those sparrows, I saw only one that was an adult.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This is that bird. ‘He’ also seemed to be the bravest of the bunch, as he came in much closer to my pickup than any of the youngsters dared to.<\/p>\n

He posed nicely for about five seconds. I particularly like the way the best-lit parts of him are framed by the leaves above and below him and the vertical branch he’s perched on.<\/p>\n

And that his right foot appears to be detached from his body.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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The bravest sparrow in a flock of many.<\/p>\n

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