{"id":21386,"date":"2014-01-13T06:42:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T13:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=21386"},"modified":"2014-01-13T06:42:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T13:42:26","slug":"a-tribute-to-the-common-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/13\/a-tribute-to-the-common-species\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tribute To The “Common Species”"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many bird photographers tend to largely ignore the most common species in their areas and I’m as guilty of that as anyone.<\/p>\n<p>There seems to be a sort of “supply and\u00a0demand”\u00a0philosophy – the\u00a0more common they are the less appealing they are as subjects.\u00a0\u00a0That’s too bad for at least a couple of reasons –\u00a0familiar birds can be just as interesting and beautiful as many of the others and what’s “common” where we live and\/or shoot is very often uncommon or even nonexistent for folks in other areas.\u00a0 This post is meant to make up to some degree for my own poor judgment at times when choosing subjects.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dark-eyed-junco-7618-ron-dudley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/13\/a-tribute-to-the-common-species\/dark-eyed-junco-7618-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dark-eyed-junco-7618-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1386759888","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"dark-eyed junco 7618 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dark-eyed-junco-7618-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dark-eyed-junco-7618-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21387\" alt=\"dark-eyed junco 7618 ron dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dark-eyed-junco-7618-ron-dudley.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dark-eyed-junco-7618-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dark-eyed-junco-7618-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dark-eyed-junco-7618-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dark-eyed-junco-7618-ron-dudley-400x285.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em><strong>1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dark-eyed Juncos are quite numerous in northern Utah during winter, especially in the suburbs where they’re often attracted to bird feeders so for valid reason or not I tend to ignore them in my own yard.\u00a0 But occasionally I get an unexpected opportunity with them out in the field.\u00a0 This bird popped up in front of me a month ago at Farmington Bay.\u00a0 I like the heavy hoarfrost in the setting.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/house-finch-0499-ron-dudley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21388\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/13\/a-tribute-to-the-common-species\/house-finch-0499-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/house-finch-0499-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,703\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"10","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1388920603","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.000625","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"house finch 0499 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/house-finch-0499-ron-dudley-300x234.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/house-finch-0499-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21388\" alt=\"house finch 0499 ron dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/house-finch-0499-ron-dudley.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/house-finch-0499-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/house-finch-0499-ron-dudley-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/house-finch-0499-ron-dudley-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/house-finch-0499-ron-dudley-400x312.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em><strong>1\/1600, f\/10, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I also pass on opportunities with House Finches more often than I should.\u00a0 I found this female perched on a dried sunflower stem about a week ago at Lee Kay Ponds.\u00a0 I liked the perch and the monotones so I fired away.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mourning-dove-2647-ron-dudley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21389\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/13\/a-tribute-to-the-common-species\/mourning-dove-2647-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mourning-dove-2647-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,676\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1369378792","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.0005","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"mourning dove 2647 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mourning-dove-2647-ron-dudley-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mourning-dove-2647-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21389\" alt=\"mourning dove 2647 ron dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mourning-dove-2647-ron-dudley.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mourning-dove-2647-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mourning-dove-2647-ron-dudley-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mourning-dove-2647-ron-dudley-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mourning-dove-2647-ron-dudley-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em><strong>1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 640, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Yup, I ignore Mourning Doves all too often also.\u00a0 This shot was taken last May at the base of the Stansbury Mountains.\u00a0 I particularly liked the light with this pose.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/white-crowned-sparrow-7408-ron-dudley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21390\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/13\/a-tribute-to-the-common-species\/white-crowned-sparrow-7408-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/white-crowned-sparrow-7408-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"8","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1386763517","copyright":"","focal_length":"400","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.000625","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"white-crowned sparrow 7408 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/white-crowned-sparrow-7408-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/white-crowned-sparrow-7408-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21390\" alt=\"white-crowned sparrow 7408 ron dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/white-crowned-sparrow-7408-ron-dudley.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/white-crowned-sparrow-7408-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/white-crowned-sparrow-7408-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/white-crowned-sparrow-7408-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/white-crowned-sparrow-7408-ron-dudley-400x285.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em><strong>1\/1600, f\/8, ISO 400, Canon 7D, 100-400 @ 400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">White-crowned Sparrows are\u00a0found throughout much of North America and though I don’t ignore them as often as I do\u00a0some of the other common species I’ll often pass them by in my quest for something “more interesting”.\u00a0 That’s a bad habit and I should remember the sage advice of one of my early photography mentors who often said “never leave birds to look for birds” (another take on “A bird in the hand…”, I guess).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These two juveniles were gorging themselves on Antelope Island rabbitbrush seeds a few weeks ago.\u00a0 I call these sparrows a “twofer” species because of the stark contrast in head markings between adults and juveniles (two for the price of one…)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Anyway, I think many of us should consider paying more attention to some of the more familiar species.\u00a0 Their behaviors are just as interesting and like most any species in good light and an\u00a0attractive setting they can be the subjects of very appealing photographs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many bird photographers tend to largely ignore the most common species in their areas and I’m as guilty of that as anyone.<\/p>\n<p>There seems to be a sort of “supply and demand” philosophy – the more common they are the less appealing they are as subjects. That’s too bad for at least a couple of reasons – familiar birds can be just as interesting and beautiful as many of the others and what’s “common” where we live and\/or shoot is very often uncommon or even nonexistent for folks in other areas. This post is meant to make up to some degree for my own poor judgment at times in choosing subjects.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/13\/a-tribute-to-the-common-species\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,334,1608,350],"tags":[31,1695,520,397,655,190,1834,656,499,294,311,325],"class_list":["post-21386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island","category-birds","category-mourning-doves","category-white-crowned-sparrows","tag-antelope-island-2","tag-common-bird-species","tag-dark-eyed-junco","tag-farmington-bay","tag-house-finch","tag-juvenile","tag-lee-kay-ponds","tag-mourning-dove","tag-rabbitbrush","tag-stansbury-mountains","tag-utah-2","tag-white-crowned-sparrow"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dark-eyed-junco-7618-ron-dudley.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zzJh-5yW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}