Chipping Sparrow perched on a rose bush, Box Elder County, UtahChipping Sparrow perched on a rose bush – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light

I forgot to set my alarm last night then woke at 4:00 am which is a touch later than normal and didn’t have a post planned at all so this will be short. I dug through some of my older files and realized I hadn’t edited or shared this Chipping Sparrow photo that was taken near the end of September of last year.

I adore sparrows and photograph them whenever I can so when this Chipping Sparrow popped up on a wild rose bush and looked in my direction I was ready to take its photo. It was a rough day for me photographically speaking because heat waves had caused a lot of my photos to be somewhat soft, pulling over to photograph across sun baked roads can sometimes do that. Unlike many of the other Chipping Sparrow photos I took that morning this one was sharp because it was taken as close to the shoulder as possible where there was vegetation and a small seep to help with the heat waves.

The weather forecast for the next two weeks looks rather dismal and that is disappointing.

February & beginning of March forecast

I probably won’t be spending much time in the field over these next two weeks but that might give me more time to get caught up on my culling and I am so behind on that it is overwhelming. I might be sharing more images like this Chipping Sparrow that I didn’t get around to processing sooner because some parts of last year were so busy.

Life is good even when the weather keeps me from being in the field.

Mia

Click here to see more of my Chipping Sparrow photos plus facts and information about this species.