{"id":60859,"date":"2019-10-17T05:43:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=60859"},"modified":"2022-03-14T17:32:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T23:32:31","slug":"savannah-sparrow-on-some-rocks-at-farmington-bay-wma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/10\/17\/savannah-sparrow-on-some-rocks-at-farmington-bay-wma\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Sparrow On Some Rocks At Farmington Bay WMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SavannahSavannah Sparrow on some rocks \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday while photographing American Pipits at Farmington Bay<\/span><\/a> I spotted a smaller bird fly in with a flock of pipits and when I focused on it I was happy to see that it was a Savannah Sparrow. Usually when I see and photograph Savannah Sparrows they are on barbed wire, fence posts, railings or on the ground so seeing a Savannah on rocks was a nice change for me.<\/p>\n

At first the Savannah Sparrow was high enough on the rocks to have blue sky in the background and soft morning light on the bird. The sparrow didn’t stay on that rocky perch long.<\/p>\n

\"SavannahSavannah Sparrow in early morning light \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 400, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When the Savannah Sparrow moved lower I had soft, morning light on the sparrow, rocks and the distant phrags in the background. I am glad that this Savannah Sparrow was in my viewfinder even though it was only for a few moments.<\/p>\n

I took so many photos of the flocks of American Pipits that I saw yesterday that I haven’t had time to go through even a quarter of them.<\/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":"

Usually when I see and photograph Savannah Sparrows they are on barbed wire, fence posts, railings or on the ground so seeing a Savannah on rocks was a nice change for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100714,"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":[27,1022,697,831,26],"tags":[4004,6692,4094,4194,4470,229,4018,855,4195,2315,4095],"class_list":["post-60859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-savannah-sparrows","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-early-morning-light","tag-marsh","tag-passerculus-sandwichensis","tag-rocks","tag-savannah-sparrow","tag-sky","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-summer-3","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-on-the-rocks-mia-mcpherson-0599.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-fPB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6013,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/08\/29\/savannah-sparrows-in-glacier-county-montana\/","url_meta":{"origin":60859,"position":0},"title":"Savannah Sparrows in Glacier County, Montana","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"During my travels in Montana earlier this month I saw loads of Savannah Sparrows and although there were many in southwestern Montana I only photographed the ones on the farm in Glacier County.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Savannah Sparrow in dried grasses, Glacier County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-montana-mia-mcpherson-9539.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-montana-mia-mcpherson-9539.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-montana-mia-mcpherson-9539.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/savannah-sparrow-montana-mia-mcpherson-9539.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2775,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/07\/18\/the-savannah-sparrows-of-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":60859,"position":1},"title":"The Savannah Sparrows of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"These Savannah Sparrows were nearly as much fun to observe as they were to photograph. 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