Today I’m sharing another Lark Sparrow photo I took last month while visiting Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in south-central Oklahoma.
Lark Sparrow on a hackberry in Oklahoma – Canon R7, handheld, f11, 1/800, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Canon RF 800mm, natural light
The beautiful harlequin pattern on this sparrow’s face definitely catches my interest. But I appreciate all sparrows a lot.
I’m fairly certain this sparrow was perched on a hackberry, though I can’t say with confidence which one. It’s a botanical guessing game with at least four native hackberries growing in Oklahoma. Could be Celtis laevigata, the sugar hackberry, or Celtis occidentalis, the common one. There’s nothing especially common about its stubborn refusal to be easily identified. Nature does love a good mystery, and hackberries seem determined to keep theirs.
At least the sparrow doesn’t mind.
The rocky slope in the background provided a nice backdrop to highlight the sparrow’s simple beauty.
I was delighted to find so many Lark Sparrows at the refuge in several types of habitat.
Life is good.
Mia
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Lovely.
You’ve gotten to shoot such new (to me) and fascinating living things to educate us. I am happy for you.
I’m impressed that you know it’s a hackberry.