{"id":9466,"date":"2013-09-14T03:45:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T09:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=9466"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:42:13","slug":"white-crowned-sparrow-on-a-rusty-wire-fence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/14\/white-crowned-sparrow-on-a-rusty-wire-fence\/","title":{"rendered":"White-crowned Sparrow On A Rusty Wire Fence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult White-crowned Sparrow on a wire fence – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Centennial Valley of Montana at this time of the year I see plenty of White-crowned Sparrows of the Interior West sub-species. Although most of them that I see are juveniles there are also adults hanging around foraging too.<\/p>\n

This adult White-crowned Sparrow was perched on a rusty wire fence along the road and caught my eye as I had my lens aimed high at a Red-tailed Hawk perched on a power pole.<\/p>\n

The angle was steep for the hawk so I decided to take images of the White-crowned while waiting for the Red-tailed to lift off.<\/p>\n

Some folks may not like the wire fence perch but I liked the strong graphic lines in this photo. Even if they are human made.<\/p>\n

I was so focused on the sparrow that I didn’t even see the hawk take off from the pole but I don’t regret taking the images of this lovely adult White-crowned Sparrow<\/span><\/a>.<\/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":"

In the Centennial Valley of Montana at this time of the year I see plenty of White-crowned Sparrows of the interior west sub-species and although most of them that I see are juveniles there are also adults hanging around foraging too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150904,"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":[1513,27,223,12,356],"tags":[4004,16595,14383,4104,855,4195,2315,4327,2357,4256,2665],"class_list":["post-9466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-avian","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-white-crowned-sparrows","tag-adult","tag-graphic-lines","tag-interior-west-white-crowned-sparrow","tag-perched","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-summer-3","tag-white-crowned-sparrow","tag-wire-fence","tag-zonotrichia-leucophrys","tag-zonotrichia-leucophrys-oriantha"],"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