{"id":90334,"date":"2021-06-13T03:57:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T09:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=90334"},"modified":"2023-03-07T10:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:41:32","slug":"vesper-sparrow-looking-up-at-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/06\/13\/vesper-sparrow-looking-up-at-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Vesper Sparrow Looking Up At The Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"VesperVesper Sparrow looking at the sky \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday morning I found this Vesper Sparrow perched on an old fence post next to a dusty road with another sparrow singing from the top of a sage about 100 feet away. I have found Vesper Sparrows reliably in this same area for several years in a row and it is always a delight to have them in my view finder. I photographed my first of the season Vespers in May<\/span><\/a> in this same location. In the morning the light at this spot is perfect for capturing all the fine details in the feathers of this sparrows.<\/p>\n

Something high in the sky caught the attention of this Vesper Sparrow while took photos of it. I liked the green background in this photo. That color green doesn’t last long around here. When it gets hot that green turns to tans and browns.<\/p>\n

\"Temps

Temps for Salt Lake City – June 13 – 16<\/p><\/div>\n

When I photographed this Vesper Sparrow two days ago in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> the temps were chilly enough that the sparrow was all fluffed up. I’d seen frost on the on some of the houses I passed on the road and on some of the honeysuckles close to the shoulder of it. I don’t think we’ll be hearing freeze warnings again anytime soon here in northern Utah. The heat is on.<\/p>\n

The temps in the graphic above are normal for July not June.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Friday morning I found this Vesper Sparrow perched on an old fence post next to a dusty road with another sparrow singing from the top of a sage about 100 feet away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110935,"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":[27,1731,26,2258,773],"tags":[4004,3940,898,4069,4104,2657,2660,855,4195,165,2658,8917],"class_list":["post-90334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-vesper-sparrows","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-canyon","tag-fence-post","tag-mountains","tag-perched","tag-poocetes-gramineus","tag-sagebrush-steppe","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-spring","tag-vesper-sparrow","tag-wooden-post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vesper-sparrow-adult-tilted-head-mia-mcpherson-5620.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-nv0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87559,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/05\/13\/springtime-vesper-sparrow-images\/","url_meta":{"origin":90334,"position":0},"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. 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