{"id":45693,"date":"2017-03-20T06:35:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T12:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=45693"},"modified":"2022-03-14T17:45:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T23:45:13","slug":"spring-songs-savannah-sparrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/03\/20\/spring-songs-savannah-sparrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Songs – Savannah Sparrows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SavannahSavannah Sparrow on fence railing – Nikon D200, tripod mounted, f6.3, 1\/320, ISO 400, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 321mm, natural light
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A Savannah Sparrow singing can be listened to here<\/span><\/a>.
\n(Other birds heard in this recording are Western Meadowlarks and Wilson’s Snipes)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The American Robins are singing again which in some parts of the country even the sight of a robin means spring. Utah has robins all year long. Some people think seeing bluebirds is a sign of spring, here in Utah we have Mountain Bluebirds all year long too so the sight of them doesn’t say “Spring” to me.<\/p>\n

More often than not what does say “Spring” to me are the songs of the birds including Savannah Sparrows. Savannah Sparrows have been recorded all year long in Utah and I have seen them during the winter here myself but in the spring they start to sing and I delight in that.<\/p>\n

On my last two trips up to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> I have heard Savannah Sparrows singing “sit sit sit sit suh-EEEEE say” from somewhere in the marshes. As the days grow longer and get warmer I know I will hear them more often here in Utah and in Montana when I am able to get up there to photograph the birds and wildlife. The photo I have included in this post was taken in 2011 at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a>‘s lower lake campground.<\/p>\n

I’m hoping that soon I will see a Savannah Sparrow singing while perched on top of a fence, a cattail or some rushes to photograph.<\/p>\n

Happy first day of Spring!<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

On my last two trips up to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge I have heard Savannah Sparrows singing “sit sit sit sit suh-EEEEE say” from somewhere in the marshes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[1513,27,223,12,608,831],"tags":[4004,5741,5742,4194,5743,229,4179,4735,5050,855,4195,165],"class_list":["post-45693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-avian","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","category-savannah-sparrows","tag-adult","tag-fence-railing","tag-green","tag-passerculus-sandwichensis","tag-recording","tag-savannah-sparrow","tag-singing-2","tag-song","tag-songs","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-spring"],"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