Song Sparrow feeding on rabbitbrush seeds – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
Earlier this month I had an opportunity to take a few fall Song Sparrow photos while way up in Box Elder County in northern Utah. I photographed the sparrow in between sagebrush bushes which gave the edges of my photos a dreamy, veiled quality.
The light wasn’t the best on the sparrow but I spotted the sparrow while I was photographing a dark morph Red-tailed Hawk that I had found earlier in the morning who was in better light. I did not have the option of moving to photograph the sparrow where the light angle would have been nicer.
Still, I liked what I saw through my viewfinder and when I got home and viewed the images I took of this Song Sparrow l liked them even more.
Song Sparrow perched on rabbitbrush fluff – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
I always take photos for myself and when I like them I share them which is why this Song Sparrow is gracing the pages of my website this morning. I know that because this bird is a sparrow my stats will drop like a lead anchor today. Sparrows just don’t attract as many views on my site as more charismatic birds such as hawks, owls, or even hummingbirds do.
But I have to be true to who I am and what I am passionate about and I am passionate about all wild birds. Even the less appreciated species.
That is who I am.
Life is good.
Mia
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To my mind the lighting is spectacular. I love how the essential features of the sparrow are highlighted against the more vivid rabbitbrush fluff. Very cool. Thanks Mia.
Song sparrows are very beautiful sacred beings. Intelligent, innocent, and angelic, just like all birds.
Thank you for your beautiful photos!
I love these ethereal photos, Mia. So beautiful.
Small, subtle and beautiful. There is no ‘just a’ species of birds for me.
A few years ago if I had a bird in my viewfinder, realized it was “just a Song Sparrow”, I didn’t take the photo. At the end of the year, I had only a few not-so-great photos of Song Sparrows. Now, I take the photo regardless. And have come to appreciate “just a Song Sparrow”.