{"id":59268,"date":"2018-05-14T04:41:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T10:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=59268"},"modified":"2018-05-14T04:41:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T10:41:34","slug":"vesper-sparrow-on-tintic-quartzite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/14\/vesper-sparrow-on-tintic-quartzite\/","title":{"rendered":"Vesper Sparrow On Tintic Quartzite"},"content":{"rendered":"

LBJ’s (little brown jobs)\u00a0don’t get enough attention from bird photographers, including me on Feathered Photography, so this post is part of my effort to rectify\u00a0the situation.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed this Vesper Sparrow 11 days ago on Antelope Island while it was perched on a Tintic Quartzite boulder – the most dominant type of rock on the north end of the island. Tintic Quartzite is white so it’s very difficult to expose properly in bright light but these photos were taken early enough in the morning that I was able to get\u00a0a good exposure on the bird without blowing out the whites of the boulder.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Soon after I moved a little closer to the sparrow it turned to give me more even light on its entire body.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

When it decided to leave the boulder it chose to follow a natural ramp or chute\u00a0in the rock down to the ground. Here it paused for a moment which allowed me a few photos before it continued on its way. Immediately after this shot was taken it disappeared into the grasses at lower left.<\/p>\n

When I encounter a somewhat unusual common name for a bird like “Vesper Sparrow” I often do some research to satisfy my curiosity about its origin. “Vespers” of course are religious services of prayer and hymns held in many western Christian churches in the evenings but what does that have to do with this sparrow?<\/p>\n