{"id":163653,"date":"2024-08-29T05:47:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=163653"},"modified":"2024-08-29T06:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T12:29:44","slug":"song-sparrow-in-the-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/29\/song-sparrow-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Sparrow In The Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Occasionally I have to remind myself that some of the more common species deserve some love too. Today I’ll attempt to provide some for the Song Sparrow.<\/p>\n

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I found this one yesterday morning in the Wasatch Mountains. As I approached a fence line I spooked a small group of Song Sparrows that had been taking cover in the brush near the wire of the fence. Most of them flew off right when I was turning my pickup off but this one defiantly stood ‘his’ ground. I got quite a few photos of him in this droopy-wing pose, a pose I’ve always liked.<\/p>\n

I suppose the wire behind the bird is unfortunate but at least it isn’t barbed wire.<\/p>\n

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When he eventually took off I caught him in a takeoff posture I like, despite the cluttered setting. Pretty good reflexes for an old geezer like me.<\/p>\n

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But he didn’t go far. He landed on the wire a few feet further down the fence line and posed from there for a few seconds. before rejoining his buddies that had already flown off and landed in a small tree behind the fence. This setting is significantly less cluttered than the previous one.<\/p>\n

While I was processing this photo, the pin feather just emerging from its sheath at the bottom of his wing caught my attention. I enjoy little details like that.<\/p>\n

This wire so closely resembles the wire of the tomato cages in my vegetable garden, I’ll admit that my eye keeps expecting to see red tomatoes behind the bird.<\/p>\n

It may be that I’ve spent too much time in my garden this summer. Or chowed down on too many BLT’s.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Occasionally I have to remind myself that some of the more common species deserve some love too. (3 photos)<\/p>\n

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