{"id":70861,"date":"2020-06-13T05:45:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T11:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=70861"},"modified":"2025-09-09T05:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:51:51","slug":"one-male-lazuli-bunting-sage-and-a-wire-fence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/06\/13\/one-male-lazuli-bunting-sage-and-a-wire-fence\/","title":{"rendered":"One Male Lazuli Bunting, Sage And A Wire Fence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult Male Lazuli Bunting perched on a metal fence – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/4000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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Two days ago I traveled north to find birds and I found an abundance of them to photograph and observe through my viewfinder. Yesterday I shared some of the Say’s Phoebes<\/span><\/a> images that I took while I was up north.<\/p>\n

Among the other birds I saw and photographed were Lazuli Buntings. At first most of the buntings I saw were flitting around in the sage or they were singing<\/span><\/a> way off in the distance while perched on hackberry trees. One bunting flew in close and landed on top of a tree but because it was at a poor angle I was only able to observe the bright blue male and I wasn’t able to photograph it. I was beginning to think I wasn’t going to be able to take any close up images of the buntings that were all around me.<\/p>\n

When I spotted this sharp-looking, adult male Lazuli Bunting less than 30 feet away from where I sat in a mobile blind on the side of the road I almost jumped with joy. I didn’t even mind that the bunting was on a metal fence, I was simply elated that he was there, that I was able to lock focus on him, and that I was able to take a short series of photos of him before he took cover in the sage that is shown in the background of this photo.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Lazuli Bunting about to lift off – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/4000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

As much as I wish that the male Lazuli Bunting would have stayed longer than he did I was pleased that twenty-three photos I took of him were sharp and that there were only five of them where he had turned his head away from me.<\/p>\n

These photos of the male Lazuli Bunting were just one of the birdy highlights of my morning. More to come!<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

When I spotted this sharp-looking, adult male Lazuli Bunting less than 30 feet away from where I sat in a mobile blind on the side of the road I almost jumped with joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154990,"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":[27,1148,380,26],"tags":[4004,6530,5817,4098,3830,1828,4282,4062,10056,4270,4104,2817,4057],"class_list":["post-70861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-lazuli-buntings","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-bunting","tag-buntings","tag-desert","tag-fence","tag-lazuli-bunting","tag-lift-off","tag-male","tag-metal-fence","tag-passerina-amoena","tag-perched","tag-sage","tag-sagebrush"],"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