{"id":23791,"date":"2014-05-10T06:03:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T12:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=23791"},"modified":"2014-05-10T07:11:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T13:11:10","slug":"vesper-sparrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/10\/vesper-sparrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Vesper Sparrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I decided to feature another common and underappreciated species, the Vesper Sparrow.\u00a0 Friend and regular reader “Elephant’s Child” often refers to small, less colorful species as LBJs – “little brown jobs”.\u00a0\u00a0 She appreciates the LBJs as much as their more colorful cousins and I give lip service to the fact that I do too but there’s no question that they get less attention on my blog than they deserve.\u00a0 This post is an attempt to partially remedy that situation.<\/p>\n

The Vesper Sparrow, a rather large, brown-streaked sparrow with rufous wing coverts and white outer tail-feathers,\u00a0is common seasonally throughout much of the U.S., Mexico and southern Canada.\u00a0 Sexes are alike and there is little seasonal plumage change – in short the bird is rather non-distinctive and gets relatively little attention until…<\/p>\n

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\"vesper<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

it begins to sing (which it isn’t doing\u00a0here, image taken two days ago on Antelope Island).<\/p>\n

Early naturalist John Burroughs described the sweet song of the species as unusually splendid in the late evening and as a result the name “vesper” (evening) stuck.\u00a0 These sparrows do sing throughout much of the day but they continue to do so into the twilight after most other species have quieted for the night.<\/p>\n

You can listen to their rich and melodious song here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This morning I decided to feature another common and underappreciated species, the Vesper Sparrow. Friend and regular reader “Elephant’s Child” often refers to small, less colorful species as LBJs – “little brown jobs”. She appreciates the LBJs as much as their more colorful cousins and I give lip service to the fact that I do too but there’s no question that they get less attention on my blog than they deserve. This post is an attempt to partially remedy that situation.<\/p>\n

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