{"id":58944,"date":"2019-07-11T04:57:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T10:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=58944"},"modified":"2024-08-24T18:57:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T23:57:53","slug":"back-side-view-of-an-adult-song-sparrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/07\/11\/back-side-view-of-an-adult-song-sparrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Back Side View Of An Adult Song Sparrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BackBack side view of a Song Sparrow – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a few days ago I was listening to Song Sparrows singing on the East Coast and yesterday I was listening to them singing in a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah. Song Sparrows have a huge range which extends from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska all the way to the East Coast covering all the states of the continental U.S. and into Mexico. The plumage of this species varies by locality but by listening to them sing I can usually tell that they are Song Sparrows without even seeing them.<\/p>\n

You can listen to a Song Sparrow singing here<\/span><\/a> or watch them singing in a video here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’d seen this Song Sparrow singing high up in a tree yesterday near a creek but there were branches and leaves in front of it so when it dropped down and landed on a branch near the water I was happy to photograph it even though it only gave me a view of its back side.<\/p>\n

I suspect that it won’t be long before I will be seeing young Song Sparrows learning how to forage, fly and sing on their own in the same area where I photographed this adult yesterday morning.<\/p>\n

It was good to get back up into the mountains yesterday and to drive along slowly looking for and listening to the birds I found.<\/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":"

Just a few days ago I was listening to Song Sparrows singing on the East Coast and yesterday I was listening to them singing in a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[27,204,1731,26,773],"tags":[4004,5180,4897,3940,4202,4069,4104,9626,4023,855,4195,2315],"class_list":["post-58944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-song-sparrows","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-back-view","tag-branch","tag-canyon","tag-melospiza-melodia","tag-mountains","tag-perched","tag-riparian-habitat","tag-song-sparrow","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-summer-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/song-sparrow-adult-back-view-mia-mcpherson-7140.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-fkI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58712,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/06\/22\/singing-song-sparrow-versus-a-wind\/","url_meta":{"origin":58944,"position":0},"title":"Singing Song Sparrow Versus A Wind","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Just seconds after I took this photo I think the Song Sparrow decided it had had enough of the wind because it took off and left the bouncy serviceberry perch.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Song Sparrow singing in a wind, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-in-wind-singing-mia-mcpherson-4282.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-in-wind-singing-mia-mcpherson-4282.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-in-wind-singing-mia-mcpherson-4282.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-in-wind-singing-mia-mcpherson-4282.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":70299,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/05\/29\/song-sparrow-on-a-cloudy-spring-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":58944,"position":1},"title":"Song Sparrow On A Cloudy Spring Morning","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Song Sparrow didn't let the gray clouds overhead, the moisture in the air or its damp feathers stop it from singing to all the other birds within earshot. I have to admire that.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult Song Sparrow singing on a cloudy Spring morning, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/song-sparrow-wet-morning-mia-mcpherson-3032.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/song-sparrow-wet-morning-mia-mcpherson-3032.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/song-sparrow-wet-morning-mia-mcpherson-3032.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/song-sparrow-wet-morning-mia-mcpherson-3032.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":70991,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/06\/21\/song-sparrow-adult-with-a-bill-full-of-prey-for-its-young\/","url_meta":{"origin":58944,"position":2},"title":"Song Sparrow Adult With A Bill Full Of Prey For Its Young","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Three days ago I found an adult Song Sparrow to photograph with its bill full of prey that the sparrow had gathered to feed its young.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult Song Sparrow with prey for its young, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-with-prey-mia-mcpherson-8216.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-with-prey-mia-mcpherson-8216.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-with-prey-mia-mcpherson-8216.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-with-prey-mia-mcpherson-8216.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":87559,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/05\/13\/springtime-vesper-sparrow-images\/","url_meta":{"origin":58944,"position":3},"title":"Springtime Vesper Sparrow Images","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday morning I heard my first Vesper Sparrow of spring singing high in the Wasatch Mountains. I was enchanted and thrilled at the same time.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Spring Vesper Sparrow perched on a small rock, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-on-rock-mia-mcpherson-6697.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-on-rock-mia-mcpherson-6697.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-on-rock-mia-mcpherson-6697.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-on-rock-mia-mcpherson-6697.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":70922,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/06\/16\/adult-song-sparrow-up-close\/","url_meta":{"origin":58944,"position":4},"title":"Adult Song Sparrow Up Close","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"There have been a few times that the Song Sparrows have gotten so close to me that I've felt as if I could almost reach out and touch them.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult Song Sparrow close up, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-adult-close-up-mia-mcpherson-6508.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-adult-close-up-mia-mcpherson-6508.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-adult-close-up-mia-mcpherson-6508.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/song-sparrow-adult-close-up-mia-mcpherson-6508.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53194,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/07\/22\/singing-vesper-sparrow-in-a-wasatch-mountain-canyon\/","url_meta":{"origin":58944,"position":5},"title":"Singing Vesper Sparrow in a Wasatch Mountain Canyon","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"For several weeks I repeatedly saw and heard a Vesper Sparrow in a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains and early in July I was able to take some decent images of it as it sang on a metal post.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Vesper Sparrow singing in the Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-singing-canyon-mia-mcpherson-2208.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-singing-canyon-mia-mcpherson-2208.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-singing-canyon-mia-mcpherson-2208.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-singing-canyon-mia-mcpherson-2208.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}