{"id":59582,"date":"2019-08-18T05:12:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T11:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=59582"},"modified":"2024-11-02T12:20:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T17:20:33","slug":"juvenile-dark-eyed-junco-high-in-the-uinta-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/08\/18\/juvenile-dark-eyed-junco-high-in-the-uinta-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Dark-eyed Junco High In The Uinta Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is that time of the year when juvenile and immature sparrow ID can drive me a little bonkers because I am seeing quite a few young sparrows right now when I am in the field.<\/p>\n

\"JuvenileJuvenile Dark-eyed Junco \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

For me identifying this juvenile as a young Dark-eyed Junco I photographed two years ago wasn’t all that challenging but for other people it can be. I am asked “what is it?” quite often when it comes to sparrows anyway and when juveniles and immature birds are in the mix, the questions come more often.<\/p>\n

I was in the high Uinta Mountains near Washington Lake when I spotted this young Dark-eyed Junco and I was able to take a few images of it before it flew away. Even though I know it is a Dark-eyed Junco at this age I’d be hesitant to pin down which subspecies of junco it was because at this age many of them look alike.<\/p>\n

I hope to get back up into the Uinta Mountains before the snow starts flying. I haven’t been up there as much this year as I would have liked to have been. I just never know what I might find.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I was in the high Uinta Mountains near Washington Lake when I spotted this young Dark-eyed Junco and I was able to take a few images of it before it flew away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136160,"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":[27,2749,1212,7562,1731,3886,5219,26],"tags":[5237,2750,5370,4067,6036,2751,6037,4071,14742,4069,4104,4195,2315,4193],"class_list":["post-59582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-dark-eyed-juncos","category-high-uintas-utah","category-mirror-lake-highway","category-summit-county-utah","category-uinta-national-forest","category-uinta-wasatch-cache-national-forest","category-utah","tag-conifer","tag-dark-eyed-junco","tag-forest","tag-immature","tag-junco","tag-junco-hyemalis","tag-juncos","tag-juvenile","tag-montane-forest","tag-mountains","tag-perched","tag-sparrows","tag-summer-3","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