{"id":102571,"date":"2022-05-22T03:57:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T09:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=102571"},"modified":"2022-06-05T05:14:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T11:14:06","slug":"lark-sparrow-photos-taken-in-the-west-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/05\/22\/lark-sparrow-photos-taken-in-the-west-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Lark Sparrow Photos Taken In The West Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SpringSpring Lark Sparrow perched on a juniper \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I haven’t shared any of my recent Lark Sparrow photos this spring so I thought I would remedy that by sharing some that I took out in the West Desert nine days ago. The first Lark Sparrow I photographed that morning was perched and singing on a juniper next to the road with mountains in the background. Even though it was perched with its back towards me I had a great view of the sparrow’s face at times.<\/p>\n

\"SingingSinging adult Lark Sparrow in the West Desert \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When the Lark Sparrow lifted off it flew to a nearby fence post where it continued to sing<\/span><\/a> in the soft morning light. I enjoy listening to the songs of this sparrow species almost as much as I like photographing them.<\/p>\n

\"SpringSpring Lark Sparrow perched on a metal post \u2013 Nikon D500, f9, 1\/500, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Later in the morning and a little higher in the foothills I found another cooperative Lark Sparrow perched on an old metal fence post. Not the prettiest of perches but I didn’t mind. I was thrilled to have the sparrow in my viewfinder for a few moments.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Lark Sparrow on a breezy morning \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/3200, ISO 640, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When I was about to leave to head home I found this last Lark Sparrow hunkered down on an old wooden fence post because the wind had started to come up. After taking this photo I did head for home happy that I had gone out exploring in the West Desert of Utah.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Lark Sparrow photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t shared any of my recent Lark Sparrow photos this spring so I thought I would remedy that by sharing some that I took out in the West Desert nine days ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1465,358,26,1314],"tags":[4004,4372,4098,898,7017,3914,4674,2691,1539,6613,4069,4104,4179,4018,855,4195,165,2690,4088,8917],"class_list":["post-102571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-lark-sparrows","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","tag-adult","tag-chondestes-grammacus","tag-desert","tag-fence-post","tag-foothills","tag-juniper","tag-junipers","tag-juniperus-osteosperma","tag-lark-sparrow","tag-metal-post","tag-mountains","tag-perched","tag-singing-2","tag-sky","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-spring","tag-utah-juniper","tag-west-desert","tag-wooden-post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t