{"id":118258,"date":"2023-11-15T04:56:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T11:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=118258"},"modified":"2023-11-15T05:01:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:01:30","slug":"singing-song-sparrow-on-a-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/11\/15\/singing-song-sparrow-on-a-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing Song Sparrow On A Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I visited Farmington Bay WMA, I was enchanted by the song of a singing Song Sparrow perched on a wooden post in soft morning light.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-118254 size-full\" title=\"Singing Song Sparrow on a post at Farmington Bay\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/song-sparrow-singing-post-mia-mcpherson-5095.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/song-sparrow-singing-post-mia-mcpherson-5095.jpg\" alt=\"Singing Song Sparrow on a post at 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\/2023\/11\/song-sparrow-singing-post-mia-mcpherson-5095-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/song-sparrow-singing-post-mia-mcpherson-5095-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/song-sparrow-singing-post-mia-mcpherson-5095-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/song-sparrow-singing-post-mia-mcpherson-5095-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/song-sparrow-singing-post-mia-mcpherson-5095-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/song-sparrow-singing-post-mia-mcpherson-5095-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/song-sparrow-singing-post-mia-mcpherson-5095-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/song-sparrow-singing-post-mia-mcpherson-5095.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Singing Song Sparrow on a post at Farmington Bay WMA \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I had almost forgotten that I had taken a nice series of this singing <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Song_sparrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Song Sparrow<\/span><\/a> until I opened the folder the images are stored in.<\/p>\n<p>Song Sparrows are abundant in northern Utah. I see them most often in marshy areas that surround the Great Salt Lake and high in the mountain ranges. I&#8217;ve also found them on Antelope Island and desert scrublands. I&#8217;ve also found them close to home at city parks and green spaces along the Jordan River.<\/p>\n<p>I feel very fortunate to be able to see, hear, and photograph this sparrow species year-round.<\/p>\n<p>More often than not, their <a href=\"https:\/\/xeno-canto.org\/710942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">songs<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/xeno-canto.org\/753493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">calls<\/span><\/a> help me locate this sparrow species. In my experience, I have found them to be a little quieter during the colder months of the year. I thoroughly enjoy listening to their songs on cold winter mornings, though.<\/p>\n<p>Females of this sparrow species are able to pick out and prefer their mate&#8217;s songs to those of neighboring birds. I can relate; personally, I favor certain dialects of the English language over others myself.<\/p>\n<p>While some people have trouble identifying this species, I do not. The only time I&#8217;ve stumbled a bit with identifying this species was when I found a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/10\/15\/my-leucistic-song-sparrow-sighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">leucistic Song Sparrow at Farmington Bay WMA<\/span><\/a> this fall. I was certain the leucistic bird was a Song Sparrow but started second-guessing myself. At the end of the day, I was correct about the ID of the sparrow.<\/p>\n<p>I adore these birds.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/song-sparrow-images\/\">here<\/a> to see more of my Song Sparrow photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I visited Farmington Bay WMA, I was enchanted by the song of a singing Song Sparrow perched on a wooden post in soft morning light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118254,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1022,697,204,26],"tags":[4004,970,4620,4094,4202,4394,4179,4018,4735,4023,855,4195,4095,8917],"class_list":["post-118258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-song-sparrows","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-fall","tag-marsh","tag-melospiza-melodia","tag-post","tag-singing-2","tag-sky","tag-song","tag-song-sparrow","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-wetlands","tag-wooden-post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/song-sparrow-singing-post-mia-mcpherson-5095.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-uLo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":121839,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/02\/24\/song-sparrow-serenade\/","url_meta":{"origin":118258,"position":0},"title":"Song Sparrow Serenade &#8211; Happy Birthday Chris!","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I was serenaded by this Song Sparrow yesterday on the rut-filled road at Farmington Bay WMA. 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