{"id":11213,"date":"2013-11-27T04:46:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T11:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=11213"},"modified":"2025-07-26T06:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T11:05:18","slug":"juvenile-white-crowned-sparrow-on-a-wild-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/11\/27\/juvenile-white-crowned-sparrow-on-a-wild-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow on a wild Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-150912 size-full\" title=\"Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow on a wild Rose stem in northern Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-4159.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-4159.jpg\" alt=\"Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow on a wild Rose stem in northern Utah\" width=\"645\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"11212\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27645%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20645%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27645%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\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-4159-200x248.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-4159-400x496.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-4159-600x744.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/white-crowned-sparrow-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-4159.jpg 645w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow on a wild Rose &#8211; Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/800, ISO 640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Simple things in nature delight me so being able to photograph this juvenile White-crowned Sparrow on a wild rose did just that, it delighted me. This juvenile and an adult White-crowned were perching on the wild Rose in the early morning to warm up, there was still some frost on the leaf by the sparrow&#8217;s tail and on the west side of the stem. I really enjoy the over the shoulder look the young sparrow gave me.<\/p>\n<p>In the interest of full disclosure I did clone out a branch tip on the left side of the frame above where my copyright watermark is. I don&#8217;t normally remove or add things to my image but that branch tip just looked out of place.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/white-crowned-sparrow-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to view more of my White-crowned Sparrow photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple things in nature delight me so being able to photograph this juvenile White-crowned Sparrow on a wild rose did just that, it delighted me. 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