{"id":100931,"date":"2022-03-20T06:03:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T12:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=100931"},"modified":"2026-03-20T06:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:34:17","slug":"world-sparrow-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/03\/20\/world-sparrow-day-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"World Sparrow Day 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/world-sparrow-day-2022-know-history-significance-of-the-day-2832303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">World Sparrow Day<\/span><\/a> and since I love all of the sparrows on the planet I thought I&#8217;d share some of the sparrows I have photographed in North America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-136195 size-full\" title=\"Excited American Tree Sparrow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/american-tree-sparrow-adult-wasatch-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6639.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/american-tree-sparrow-adult-wasatch-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6639.jpg\" alt=\"Excited American Tree Sparrow, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/american-tree-sparrow-adult-wasatch-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6639-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/american-tree-sparrow-adult-wasatch-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6639-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/american-tree-sparrow-adult-wasatch-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6639-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/american-tree-sparrow-adult-wasatch-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6639-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/american-tree-sparrow-adult-wasatch-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6639-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/american-tree-sparrow-adult-wasatch-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6639-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/american-tree-sparrow-adult-wasatch-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6639-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/american-tree-sparrow-adult-wasatch-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6639.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Excited American Tree Sparrow<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During their breeding season American Tree Sparrows are found near the northern tree line in thickets of willow, birch, alder, spruce and open tundra. During migration and winter they can be found in marshes, hedgerows, open forests and weedy fields.<\/p>\n<p>I found this one in Summit County in the Wasatch Mountains that are east of where I live in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-133572 size-full\" title=\"Brewer's Sparrow on a Sagebrush near the Flaming Gorge Reservoir\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brewers-sparrow-mia-mcpherson-5759.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brewers-sparrow-mia-mcpherson-5759.jpg\" alt=\"Brewer's Sparrow on a Sagebrush near the Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Utah\" width=\"572\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27572%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20572%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27572%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brewers-sparrow-mia-mcpherson-5759-179x250.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brewers-sparrow-mia-mcpherson-5759-200x280.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brewers-sparrow-mia-mcpherson-5759-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brewers-sparrow-mia-mcpherson-5759-400x559.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brewers-sparrow-mia-mcpherson-5759.jpg 572w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Brewer&#8217;s Sparrow on a Sagebrush near the Flaming Gorge Reservoir<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brewer\u2019s Sparrows are found in the Western U.S, and parts of southwestern Canada during the breeding season and the southwestern U.S and Mexico during the nonbreeding season. Brewer\u2019s Sparrows preferred habitat includes alpine meadows and sagebrush.<\/p>\n<p>I spotted this Brewer&#8217;s Sparrow in a sagebrush located at Antelope Flats near Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Daggett County, Utah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-152017 size-full\" title=\"Adult Chipping Sparrow during breeding season, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/chipping-sparrow-adult-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-9188.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/chipping-sparrow-adult-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-9188.jpg\" alt=\"Adult Chipping Sparrow during breeding season, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/chipping-sparrow-adult-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-9188-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/chipping-sparrow-adult-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-9188-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/chipping-sparrow-adult-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-9188-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/chipping-sparrow-adult-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-9188-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/chipping-sparrow-adult-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-9188-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/chipping-sparrow-adult-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-9188.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Adult Chipping Sparrow during breeding season<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chipping Sparrows can be year round residents or migrate short distances within their range. Throughout the year they can be found in all the lower 48 states and Alaska. Chipping Sparrows prefer open woodlands, grasslands, forest edges, brushy pastures, gardens and parks.<\/p>\n<p>I found this Chipping Sparrow in the sky island mountains of the West Desert of Utah in Tooele County.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-136180 size-full\" title=\"Low light Dark-eyed Junco in snow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-adult-male-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-3307.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-adult-male-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-3307.jpg\" alt=\"Low light Dark-eyed Junco in snow, Salt Lake County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-adult-male-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-3307-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-adult-male-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-3307-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-adult-male-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-3307-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-adult-male-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-3307-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-adult-male-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-3307-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-adult-male-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-3307-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-adult-male-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-3307-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dark-eyed-junco-adult-male-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-3307.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Low light Dark-eyed Junco in snow<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dark-eyed Juncos are migratory. Some are year round residents in their range but will move to lower elevations during the winter and then move higher during the breeding season. Dark-eyed Juncos prefer forests of conifers and mixed woods from sea level to elevations of more than 11,000 feet during their breeding season. During the nonbreeding season they frequent fields, parks, roadsides, and yards and gardens.<\/p>\n<p>This Dark-eyed Junco was photographed close to where I Live on Salt Lake County.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-161751 size-full\" title=\"Green-tailed Towhee close up, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-close-up-mia-mcpherson-2888.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-close-up-mia-mcpherson-2888.jpg\" alt=\"Green-tailed Towhee close up, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah\" width=\"721\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27721%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20721%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27721%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-close-up-mia-mcpherson-2888-200x222.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-close-up-mia-mcpherson-2888-400x444.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-close-up-mia-mcpherson-2888-600x666.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-close-up-mia-mcpherson-2888.jpg 721w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Green-tailed Towhee close up<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Green-tailed Towhees are migratory and during the breeding season are found mostly in the western U.S. and during the winter in the southern most parts of the U.S. and in Mexico. Green-tailed Towhees prefer shrubby habitat, sagebrush steppes, open pinyon-juniper forests, dry washes, desert grasslands, arroyos, and mountain canyons up to 10,000 feet in elevation.<\/p>\n<p>When I found this Green-tailed Towhee it was singing in a serviceberry bush in the Wasatch Mountains in Morgan County.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-114924 size-full\" title=\"Perched male House Sparrow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/house-sparrow-male-mia-mcpherson-6594.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/house-sparrow-male-mia-mcpherson-6594.jpg\" alt=\"Perched male House Sparrow, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/house-sparrow-male-mia-mcpherson-6594-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/house-sparrow-male-mia-mcpherson-6594-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/house-sparrow-male-mia-mcpherson-6594-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/house-sparrow-male-mia-mcpherson-6594-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/house-sparrow-male-mia-mcpherson-6594-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/house-sparrow-male-mia-mcpherson-6594-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/house-sparrow-male-mia-mcpherson-6594-800x571.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/house-sparrow-male-mia-mcpherson-6594.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Perched male House Sparrow<\/span><\/p>\n<p>House Sparrows are medium sized, stocky members of the finch family from the Old World. They are invasive and can present problems for native bird species. House Sparrows are non-migratory. House Sparrows were introduced to North America. In Europe populations of this species are in steep decline and they are the reason World Sparrow Day was started in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>I found this male House Sparrow along the road leading to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route in Box Elder County.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-161711 size-full\" title=\"Lark Sparrow with nesting materials in its bill, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lark-sparrow-adult-spring-mia-mmcpherson-9979.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lark-sparrow-adult-spring-mia-mmcpherson-9979.jpg\" alt=\"Lark Sparrow with nesting materials in its bill, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lark-sparrow-adult-spring-mia-mmcpherson-9979-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lark-sparrow-adult-spring-mia-mmcpherson-9979-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lark-sparrow-adult-spring-mia-mmcpherson-9979-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lark-sparrow-adult-spring-mia-mmcpherson-9979-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lark-sparrow-adult-spring-mia-mmcpherson-9979-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lark-sparrow-adult-spring-mia-mmcpherson-9979.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>Lark Sparrow with nesting materials in its bill<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lark Sparrows are migratory in most of their range but in southern areas they can be year round residents. They are primarily found in the western parts of Canada and the U.S. during the breeding season but can be found as far east as Ohio, Tennessee and the most northwestern tip of Georgia. They winter as far south as southern Mexico. Lark Sparrows prefer open habitat like grasslands, fields, pastures farmlands and roadsides.<\/p>\n<p>I spotted this Lark Sparrow gathering nesting materials in the sky island mountains of the West Desert of Utah in Tooele County.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-73563 size-full\" title=\"Lincoln's Sparrow adult perched on a thick branch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lincolns-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-3350.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lincolns-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-3350.jpg\" alt=\"Lincoln's Sparrow adult perched on a thick branch, Box Elder County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lincolns-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-3350-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lincolns-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-3350-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lincolns-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-3350-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lincolns-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-3350-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lincolns-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-3350-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lincolns-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-3350-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lincolns-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-3350-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lincolns-sparrow-adult-mia-mcpherson-3350.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Lincoln&#8217;s Sparrow adult perched on a thick branch<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The breeding habitat of Lincoln&#8217;s Sparrows are wet thickets or shrubby bogs across Canada, Alaska, and the northeastern and western United States; this bird is less common in the eastern parts of its range.<\/p>\n<p>I found and photographed this Lincoln&#8217;s Sparrow near a freshwater seep in desert habitat in Box Elder County, Utah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-160707 size-full\" title=\"Adult Sagebrush Sparrow on Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sagebrush-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-7236.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sagebrush-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-7236.jpg\" alt=\"Adult Sagebrush Sparrow on Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sagebrush-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-7236-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sagebrush-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-7236-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sagebrush-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-7236-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sagebrush-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-7236-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sagebrush-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-7236-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sagebrush-sparrow-perched-mia-mcpherson-7236.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Adult Sagebrush Sparrow on Antelope Island<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sagebrush Sparrows are found in the western U.S. and Mexico on sagebrush steppes, shrubsteppe habitats, sagebrush-juniper habitats, dry shrublands, deserts, thickets and grasslands.<\/p>\n<p>I can no longer access the area where I found and photographed this Sagebrush Sparrow on Antelope Island State Park because the park has placed a gate across the narrow dirt road.\u00a0 The road leads to a camping site that is used approximately <em>only<\/em> thirteen times a year but<em> all<\/em> public access is now blocked year round. I don&#8217;t think this was the correct action to take at all.<\/p>\n<p>The Sagebrush Sparrows love that area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-100714 size-full\" title=\"Savannah Sparrow on some rocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-on-the-rocks-mia-mcpherson-0599.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-on-the-rocks-mia-mcpherson-0599.jpg\" alt=\"Savannah Sparrow on some rocks, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-on-the-rocks-mia-mcpherson-0599-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-on-the-rocks-mia-mcpherson-0599-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-on-the-rocks-mia-mcpherson-0599-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-on-the-rocks-mia-mcpherson-0599-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-on-the-rocks-mia-mcpherson-0599-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-on-the-rocks-mia-mcpherson-0599-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-on-the-rocks-mia-mcpherson-0599-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-on-the-rocks-mia-mcpherson-0599.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Savannah Sparrow on some rocks<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The breeding range of Savannah Sparrows extends from Alaska east to Labrador, as far south as Georgia in the east and central Arizona in the West. There are year round resident, breeding populations in Mexico and southern California. Savannah Sparrows are found in marshes, wet meadows, salt marshes, short-grass prairies, tundra, mountain meadows, and grasslands.<\/p>\n<p>I photographed this Savannah Sparrow perched on some rocks in the wetlands of Farmington Bay WMA in Davis County, Utah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-130674 size-full\" title=\"Song Sparrow singing on the marsh\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/song-sparrow-snowy-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6270.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/song-sparrow-snowy-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6270.jpg\" alt=\"Song Sparrow singing on the marsh, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/song-sparrow-snowy-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6270-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/song-sparrow-snowy-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6270-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/song-sparrow-snowy-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6270-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/song-sparrow-snowy-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6270-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/song-sparrow-snowy-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6270-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/song-sparrow-snowy-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6270-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/song-sparrow-snowy-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6270-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/song-sparrow-snowy-mountains-mia-mcpherson-6270.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Song Sparrow singing on the marsh<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Song Sparrows can be found in many types of habitat including near tidal and freshwater marshes, desert scrub, sagebrush steppe, forest edges, suburbs, grasslands, prairies, agricultural fields, pastures, pinyon pine forests, aspen forests, chaparral, deciduous and mixed forests and at feeders in backyards throughout much of North America.<\/p>\n<p>I found and photographed this singing Song Sparrow in the marshes of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Box Elder County, Utah.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-127220 size-full\" title=\"Winter male Spotted Towhee perched in a tree\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spotted-towhee-adult-male-winter-tree-mia-mcpherson-2771.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spotted-towhee-adult-male-winter-tree-mia-mcpherson-2771.jpg\" alt=\"Winter male Spotted Towhee perched in a tree, Salt Lake County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spotted-towhee-adult-male-winter-tree-mia-mcpherson-2771-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spotted-towhee-adult-male-winter-tree-mia-mcpherson-2771-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spotted-towhee-adult-male-winter-tree-mia-mcpherson-2771-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spotted-towhee-adult-male-winter-tree-mia-mcpherson-2771-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spotted-towhee-adult-male-winter-tree-mia-mcpherson-2771-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spotted-towhee-adult-male-winter-tree-mia-mcpherson-2771-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spotted-towhee-adult-male-winter-tree-mia-mcpherson-2771-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spotted-towhee-adult-male-winter-tree-mia-mcpherson-2771.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Winter male Spotted Towhee perched in a tree<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Spotted Towhees are year round residents in many areas and short distance migrants in others. They can be found in southwestern areas of Canada, Mexico and the Western U.S., The habitat preferred by Spotted Towhees include forest edges, thickets, shrubs, bushes, overgrown fields, and gardens.<\/p>\n<p>At one point Spotted Towhees and Eastern Towhees were lumped together and called Rufous-sided Towhees.<\/p>\n<p>I photographed this male Spotted Towhee near the Jordan River in Salt Lake County, Utah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-110926 size-full\" title=\"Vesper Sparrow back view\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-back-view-mia-mcpherson-6722.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-back-view-mia-mcpherson-6722.jpg\" alt=\"Vesper Sparrow back view, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20640%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-back-view-mia-mcpherson-6722-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-back-view-mia-mcpherson-6722-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-back-view-mia-mcpherson-6722-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-back-view-mia-mcpherson-6722-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-back-view-mia-mcpherson-6722.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Vesper Sparrow back view<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vesper Sparrows breed from the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Quebec and Nova Scotia south to central California, New Mexico and east to western North Carolina. They winter in central California, Oklahoma, along the Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic states. Vesper Sparrows habitat includes open fields, grasslands, fallow fields, prairies, sagebrush steppe, mountains, roadsides, meadows and pastures.<\/p>\n<p>I found and photographed this Vesper Sparrow in a meadow in a canyon of the Wasatch Mountains in Summit County, Utah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-161214 size-full\" title=\"Adult White-crowned Sparrow in a hackberry tree, Box Elder County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955.jpg\" alt=\"Adult White-crowned Sparrow in a hackberry tree, Box Elder County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Adult White-crowned Sparrow in a hackberry tree<\/span><\/p>\n<p>White-crowned Sparrows appear over much of North America during their breeding and nonbreeding season. They can be found in open woods, open grasslands, gardens, mountains, forests, and backyards.<\/p>\n<p>I spotted this adult White-crowned Sparrow in desert habitat perched on a fruiting Netleaf Hackberry tree in Box Elder County, Utah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-96940 size-full\" title=\"Adult White-throated Sparrow perched on a greasewood\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/white-throated-sparrow-adult-farmington-bay-wma-mia-mcpherson-2496.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/white-throated-sparrow-adult-farmington-bay-wma-mia-mcpherson-2496.jpg\" alt=\"Adult White-throated Sparrow perched on a greasewood, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/white-throated-sparrow-adult-farmington-bay-wma-mia-mcpherson-2496-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/white-throated-sparrow-adult-farmington-bay-wma-mia-mcpherson-2496-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/white-throated-sparrow-adult-farmington-bay-wma-mia-mcpherson-2496-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/white-throated-sparrow-adult-farmington-bay-wma-mia-mcpherson-2496-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/white-throated-sparrow-adult-farmington-bay-wma-mia-mcpherson-2496-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/white-throated-sparrow-adult-farmington-bay-wma-mia-mcpherson-2496-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/white-throated-sparrow-adult-farmington-bay-wma-mia-mcpherson-2496-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/white-throated-sparrow-adult-farmington-bay-wma-mia-mcpherson-2496.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Adult White-throated Sparrow perched on a greasewood<\/span><\/p>\n<p>White-throated Sparrows breed from the Yukon and Northwest Territories in Canada south to Minnesota, Pennsylvania, east to New England and Newfoundland. White-throated Sparrows spend winters in much of the eastern U.S. and in smaller numbers, in southwestern states. Their preferred habitats include brushy and semi-open mixed woods. In winter they are found in wood lots, gardens, scrub lands, and backyards.<\/p>\n<p>I found, then pointed out, and photographed this White-throated Sparrow at Farmington Bay WMA near a marshy area. They are uncommon visitors to Utah.<\/p>\n<p>Sparrows are fascinating birds. I photograph them every chance I get. Some of these sparrow species are in decline and we should be doing everything we can to protect them and just as importantly, their habitat.<\/p>\n<p>In North America there are 48 species of sparrows in 20 genera, give or take one or two because of lumps and splits after my 2nd edition of The Sibley Guide to Birds was published in 2014. These are photos of just 15 of those sparrow species.<\/p>\n<p>Happy First Day of Spring!<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/emberzine-sparrows-allies\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my sparrow photos plus facts and information about each species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is World Sparrow Day and since I love all of the sparrows on the planet I thought I&#8217;d share some of the sparrows I have photographed in North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2133,511,124,27,1148,2222,3541,3464,2749,1022,697,981,2212,6416,5799,2180,1465,1695,4594,482,709,831,204,3542,1316,1731,358,26,2258,773,356,12532],"tags":[4004,2815,2438,2446,3543,4372,2750,3905,5800,2751,1539,4434,2814,4202,5801,4194,2303,3546,2657,2437,229,4023,855,4195,2223,3544,2134,3545,2658,4327,12534,12779,12533,4256],"class_list":["post-100931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-tree-sparrows","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-brewers-sparrows","category-chipping-sparrows","category-daggett-county","category-dark-eyed-juncos","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-flaming-gorge-national-recreation-area","category-green-tailed-towhees","category-harriss-sparrow","category-house-sparrows","category-lark-buntings","category-lark-sparrows","category-lincolns-sparrows","category-morgan-county","category-sagebrush-sparrows","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-savannah-sparrows","category-song-sparrows","category-spotted-towhees","category-stansbury-mountains-utah","category-summit-county-utah","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-vesper-sparrows","category-wasatch-mountains","category-white-crowned-sparrows","category-white-throated-sparrows","tag-adult","tag-american-tree-sparrow","tag-artemisiospiza-nevadensis","tag-brewers-sparrow","tag-chipping-sparrow","tag-chondestes-grammacus","tag-dark-eyed-junco","tag-green-tailed-towhee","tag-house-sparrow","tag-junco-hyemalis","tag-lark-sparrow","tag-lincolns-sparrow","tag-melospiza-lincolnii","tag-melospiza-melodia","tag-passer-domesticus","tag-passerculus-sandwichensis","tag-pipilo-chlorurus","tag-pipilo-maculatus","tag-poocetes-gramineus","tag-sagebrush-sparrow","tag-savannah-sparrow","tag-song-sparrow","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-spizella-breweri","tag-spizella-passerina","tag-spizelloides-arborea","tag-spotted-towhee","tag-vesper-sparrow","tag-white-crowned-sparrow","tag-white-throated-sparrow","tag-world-sparrow-day","tag-zonotrichia-albicollis","tag-zonotrichia-leucophrys"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-crowned-sparrow-hackberry-rabbitbrush-mia-mcpherson-4955.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-qfV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":138723,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/01\/13\/three-zonotrichia-sparrows-in-arkansas-winters\/","url_meta":{"origin":100931,"position":0},"title":"Three Zonotrichia Sparrows in Arkansas Winters","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, I had a trifecta of Zonotrichia sparrows in my viewfinder. 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Thankfully, they haven't all migrated yet.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Arkansas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Arkansas","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/arkansas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult White-crowned Sparrow in Arkansas, Sebastian County, Arkansas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-1533.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-1533.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-1533.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-1533.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":135729,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/10\/16\/fall-brings-white-crowned-and-white-throated-sparrows-to-arkansas\/","url_meta":{"origin":100931,"position":2},"title":"Fall Brings White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows to Arkansas","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Fall will bring White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows back to Arkansas for their non-breeding season. 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