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\"JuvenileJuvenile White-crowned Sparrow on a cold winter day – D200, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 400, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

White-crowned Sparrows are one of the many birds that I see often\u00a0during the cold winters\u00a0of northern Utah. I\u00a0see flocks of adults and first year birds in dried pigweed, grasses and small shrubs. Though\u00a0sparrow species\u00a0aren’t brightly colored I find their subtle tones very pleasing to my eye.<\/p>\n

The background in this White-crowned Sparrow image consists of snow and frost covered grasses and I had some very out of focus snowy grasses between my lens and the twig the bird is perched on. I don’t think that detracts from this image and just adds to the snowy feeling.<\/p>\n

This is 97% of the full frame of the original. The colder weather seems to have made birds including this juvenile White-crowned Sparrow a bit “sticky”, meaning they hang around longer than normal because of the cold so a closer approach than normal was possible. So I look forward to winter.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

White-crowned Sparrows are one of the many birds that I see often during the cold winters of northern 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