{"id":92767,"date":"2021-07-31T05:50:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T11:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=92767"},"modified":"2023-03-07T09:28:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T16:28:30","slug":"vesper-sparrow-lifting-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/07\/31\/vesper-sparrow-lifting-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Vesper Sparrow Lifting Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"VesperVesper Sparrow lifting off from a sumac \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 1250, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

While looking through my archives yesterday I came across this image of a Vesper Sparrow I photographed last September near a freshwater seep in Box Elder County<\/span><\/a>. I liked the pose of the Vesper Sparrow leaving the Fragrant Sumac so I decided to share it here this morning. The habitat is mostly desert but the freshwater seep<\/span><\/a> and abundant shrubs and grasses in the area are attractive to several species of sparrows during migration. Personally I have photographed at least eleven species of sparrows near that seep.<\/p>\n

That September morning was smoky enough that it partially blocked the sunlight and at times caused a color cast to my images. I had to bump up my ISO to obtain fast enough shutter speeds to freeze the action that day.<\/p>\n

I took a little over 2,000 images on that smoky September morning and I still haven’t gone through them all. I should because there are some real gems in that folder.<\/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":"

While looking through my archives yesterday I came across this image of a Vesper Sparrow I photographed last September near a freshwater seep in Box Elder County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110896,"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":[27,1148,26,2258],"tags":[4004,4098,6767,10542,4282,4944,2657,6768,7474,4018,10404,855,4195,7630,2315,3792,5428,2658],"class_list":["post-92767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-utah","category-vesper-sparrows","tag-adult","tag-desert","tag-fragrant-sumac","tag-freshwater-seep","tag-lift-off","tag-lifting-off","tag-poocetes-gramineus","tag-rhus-aromatica","tag-seep","tag-sky","tag-smoky","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-sumac","tag-summer-3","tag-take-off","tag-taking-off","tag-vesper-sparrow"],"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