{"id":6405,"date":"2012-10-22T05:23:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T11:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6405"},"modified":"2025-07-25T13:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:24:47","slug":"juvenile-white-crowned-sparrow-in-early-morning-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/22\/juvenile-white-crowned-sparrow-in-early-morning-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow In Early Morning Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"White-crownedWhite-crowned Sparrow juvenile on a dead sagebrush – Nikon D300, f5.6, 1\/1000, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Although White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys<\/em>) are year round residents in Utah I see far more of them in the fall, winter and early spring and because it is cold they also are “stickier” and allow closer approaches. They breed at higher elevations in the mountain ranges of Utah.<\/p>\n

This juvenile White-crowned Sparrow was perched along a road on Antelope Island State Park on a shrub that was leafless with dried stems of Black Mustard in the background last winter. I like the seed stuck on its bill and how the sparrows head is cocked sideways.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Although White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys) are year round residents in Utah I see far more of them in the fall, winter and early spring and because it is cold they also are “stickier” and allow closer approaches. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[511,1022,26,356],"tags":[4067,4071,4104,4057,855,4195,4327,4193,4256],"class_list":["post-6405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","category-white-crowned-sparrows","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-perched","tag-sagebrush","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-white-crowned-sparrow","tag-young","tag-zonotrichia-leucophrys"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\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\n\t\t