{"id":12410,"date":"2013-12-30T05:13:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T12:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=12410"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:15:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:15:22","slug":"song-sparrow-foraging-on-a-cold-winter-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/12\/30\/song-sparrow-foraging-on-a-cold-winter-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Sparrow Foraging On A Cold Winter Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SongSong Sparrow foraging on a cold winter morning – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

While photographing Barn Owls last January I caught a small movement out of the corner of my eye and noticed a Song Sparrow foraging for seeds on the snow covered ground.<\/p>\n

The Barn Owl I was photographing wasn’t close by so I took one image of the tiny sparrow thinking that I wouldn’t like it because the bird would be small in the frame.<\/p>\n

I was pleasantly surprised though when I viewed this image on my monitor because I like the long shadows on the snow, the bits of seed the Song Sparrow<\/span><\/a> had knocked of the spindly plant, and how the sparrow being small in the frame conveys the feeling of how harsh winter can be for these little birds.<\/p>\n

Perhaps there are times when “less is more”.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

While photographing Barn Owls last January I caught a small movement out of the corner of my eye and noticed a Song Sparrow foraging for seeds on the snow covered ground. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[27,697,204,26],"tags":[4004,4021,3981,4136,4094,4202,4035,4050,4328,4023,855,4195,4095,4032,373],"class_list":["post-12410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-song-sparrows","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-davis-county","tag-foraging","tag-marsh","tag-melospiza-melodia","tag-nature-photography","tag-snow","tag-snowy","tag-song-sparrow","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-wetlands","tag-wildlife-photography","tag-winter"],"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