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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n In July of 2011 I had a wonderful time with Savannah Sparrows at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife refuge. I could\u00a0just stroll out of my camping trailer with my photo\u00a0gear (including my tripod which I rarely use) and\u00a0reliably find these classy little sparrows on the nearby fence.\u00a0\u00a0Back then it was a wonderfully rustic\u00a0and very old “buck and rail” fence surrounding the lower lake campground and the Savannah Sparrows were using it as a staging area to pursue insects that\u00a0were obviously being fed to their\u00a0youngsters (though I never did see a nest).<\/p>\n When most of these photos were taken the light was a little harsh but in softer light I absolute loved that old wood as a setting for these lovely little sparrows with their yellow “eyebrows” or supercilium.<\/p>\n In some areas of the fence there were many tall grasses or other\u00a0obstructions that prevented “clean” shots of the birds but in this one I kind of liked the way the sparrow is framed by the three old wooden rails (despite the fact that two of the three rails are soft).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n A vertical crop of the same image gives us a different perspective on the setting (the gray-brown behind the bird is another out-of-focus fence rail).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/800, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n Much of the time these sparrows\u00a0would have\u00a0a variety of insects in their beaks which they’d eventually fly off with and deliver to their nestlings in the nearby and very tall grasses.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n This is one of my rare “clean” shots of one of the sparrows with a\u00a0grub of some kind in its beak.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n A few seconds later the same\u00a0bird\u00a0flew to the end of a different fence rail. This photo illustrates how tall the grasses were in many areas around the fence.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/savannah-sparrow-6010-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"savannah-sparrow-6010-ron-dudley\\"")
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