{"id":58584,"date":"2019-06-16T04:36:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T10:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=58584"},"modified":"2024-06-08T06:35:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T11:35:07","slug":"immature-says-phoebe-in-northern-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/06\/16\/immature-says-phoebe-in-northern-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Immature Say’s Phoebe In Northern Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ImmatureImmature Say’s Phoebe perched on barbed wire – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

It is always a thrill for me to photograph Say’s Phoebes so when I spotted a family group of them yesterday morning in northern Utah I was delighted. There were at least 5 phoebes in the group and although most of them had dispersed to the sagebrush behind the fence next to the gravel road this immature Say’s Phoebe stuck around and I was able to get several nice photos of it.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureImmature Say’s Phoebe in sagebrush habitat – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Say’s Phoebes are birds I typically hear before I see them and I love to listen to their distinctive songs<\/span><\/a>. A few of the immature Say’s Phoebes I saw and photographed yesterday were calling but I did not see this bird call while I took photos of it.<\/p>\n

The background coloration in these images is from sagebrushes that were behind the fence.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureImmature Say’s Phoebe looking at the ground – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This immature Say’s Phoebe may have stuck around longer than it did except a pickup hauling horses in a trailer rumbled past which caused the phoebe to take flight. For a few moments though this young bird had all of my attention and focus.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Say\u2019s Phoebe photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

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It is always a thrill for me to photograph Say’s Phoebes so when I spotted a family group of them yesterday morning in northern Utah I was delighted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129293,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1148,2537,26],"tags":[4430,3830,3808,4884,4067,4071,4104,7321,7322,7323,2539,2538,4193],"class_list":["post-58584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-says-phoebes","category-utah","tag-barbed-wire","tag-fence","tag-flycatcher","tag-flycatchers","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-perched","tag-phoebe","tag-phoebes","tag-sagebrush-habitat","tag-says-phoebe","tag-sayornis-saya","tag-young"],"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