Lark Sparrow

Birds On A Jackleg Fence

By Mia McPherson|August 31st, 2022|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Lark Sparrows, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, buck and rail fence, canyon, Chondestes grammacus, fence, Green-tailed Towhee, immature, jack leg fence, jackleg fence, Lark Sparrow, mountains, perched, Pipilo chlorurus, riparian habitat, sparrow, sparrows, summer, towhee, towhees, wooden fence, young|

Yesterday while I was up in the mountains savoring the cool air I photographed a couple of birds on an old wooden jackleg fence that I had parked close to.

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Lark Sparrow Photos Taken In The West Desert

By Mia McPherson|May 22nd, 2022|Categories: Birds, Lark Sparrows, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, Chondestes grammacus, desert, fence post, foothills, juniper, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, Lark Sparrow, metal post, mountains, perched, singing, sky, sparrow, sparrows, spring, Utah Juniper, west desert, wooden post|

I haven't shared any of my recent Lark Sparrow photos this spring so I thought I would remedy that by sharing some that I took out in the West Desert nine days ago.

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World Sparrow Day 2022

By Mia McPherson|March 20th, 2022|Categories: American Tree Sparrows, Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Brewer's Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, Daggett County, Dark-eyed Juncos, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Green-tailed Towhees, Harris's Sparrow, House Sparrows, Lark Buntings, Lark Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows, Morgan County, Sagebrush Sparrows, Salt Lake County, Savannah Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Spotted Towhees, Stansbury Mountains, Summit County, Tooele County, Utah, Vesper Sparrows, Wasatch Mountains, White-crowned Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, American Tree Sparrow, Artemisiospiza nevadensis, Brewer's Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, Dark-eyed Junco, Green-tailed Towhee, House Sparrow, Junco hyemalis, Lark Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, Melospiza melodia, Passer domesticus, Passerculus sandwichensis, Pipilo chlorurus, Pipilo maculatus, Poocetes gramineus, Sagebrush Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, Spizella breweri, Spizella passerina, Spizelloides arborea, Spotted Towhee, Vesper Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, World Sparrow Day, Zonotrichia albicollis, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

Today is World Sparrow Day and since I love all of the sparrows on the planet I thought I'd share some of the sparrows I have photographed in North America.

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Lark Sparrow In Golden Morning Light

By Mia McPherson|June 4th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Lark Sparrows, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, Chondestes grammacus, clouds, fence, fence post, fence posts, foothills, golden light, grasses, juniper, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, Lark Sparrow, mountains, perched, sky, sky island mountains, sparrow, sparrows, spring, Utah Juniper|

Two days ago I photographed this adult Lark Sparrow that I found perched on an old fence post in golden light in the West Desert of Tooele County.

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Nesting Lark Sparrow Photos

By Mia McPherson|May 22nd, 2021|Categories: Birds, Lark Sparrows, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, Artemisia tridentata, barbed wire, Big Sagebrush, bill, Chondestes grammacus, desert, fence, foothills, gathering, grass, grasses, Lark Sparrow, mountains, nesting material, nesting materials, sage, sagebrush, sparrow, sparrows|

One of the first birds I heard singing three days ago in the West Desert of Tooele County was a Lark Sparrow perched on top of a sagebrush.

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Birds & More Birds in The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|August 10th, 2018|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Bullock's Orioles, Cedar Waxwings, Gray Catbirds, Lark Sparrows, Lazuli Buntings, Morgan County, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, American Robin, Bombycilla cedrorum, Bullock's Oriole, bunting, buntings, catbird, catbirds, Cedar Waxwing, Chondestes grammacus, Dumetella carolinensis, Gray Catbird, Icterus bullockii, immature, juvenile, Lark Sparrow, Lazuli Bunting, Melospiza melodia, oriole, orioles, Passerina amoena, robin, robins, Setophaga petechia, Song Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, Turdus migratorius, warbler, warblers, waxwing, waxwings, Yellow Warbler, young|

In the past week I have photographed so many birds in a Wasatch Mountain canyon that I thought I would share a group of them in a photo gallery.

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Lark Sparrow With Droopy Wings On A Hot Summer Morning

By Mia McPherson|July 26th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: adult, barbed wire, Chondestes grammacus, day, droopy wings, fence, hot, Lark Sparrow, mid morning, sparrow, sparrows, summer|

Last week while I was photographing some Lark Sparrows in northern Utah I took images of this one who had droopy wings because the sparrow was hot. I was hot, I know how the sparrow felt.

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What Not To Do When Finding a Baby Bird – Caged Lark Sparrow

By Mia McPherson|October 31st, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Nesting Birds, Utah, Wildlife Ethics|Tags: baby bird ethics, baby birds, Chondestes grammacus, I found a baby bird, Lark Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, wild bird rehabilitators|

I wasn't sure I wanted to write this post about an imprisoned Lark Sparrow I heard about on a Facebook group that is about identifying birds but after mulling it over I decided I'd tell the story.

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Photographing Lark Sparrows on Antelope Island

By Mia McPherson|May 25th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: adult, biting gnats, boulder, Chondestes grammacus, facial patterns, Lark Sparrow, perched, perky, photograph, photographing, resting, sky, sparrow, sparrows, Tintic Quartzite|

Lark Sparrows are only in Utah during their breeding season so whenever I have the opportunity to photograph them and their bold facial patterns I am thoroughly delighted.

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Lark Sparrow & Loggerhead Shrike in Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|May 10th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Lark Sparrows, Loggerhead Shrikes, Utah|Tags: adult, barbed wire, Chondestes grammacus, fence, fence post, Lanius ludovicianus, Lark Sparrow, Loggerhead Shrike, perched, shrike, shrikes, singing, sparrow, sparrows, spring|

This beautiful little Lark Sparrow was so busy singing that it was a very cooperative subject and I took quite a few images of it as it sang and changed positions on the gnarly old fence post.

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Lark Sparrow with an Ant on Antelope Island

By Mia McPherson|April 18th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: adult, ant, boulder, breeding season, Chondestes grammacus, desert, harlequin face, island, Lark Sparrow, perched, song, sparrow, sparrows|

The day I photographed this Lark Sparrow with an ant on the boulder right next to it the light wasn't the best for bird photography but when I reviewed the images and saw the ant I knew I had to keep this photo.

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Harlequin Faced Lark Sparrows

By Mia McPherson|May 11th, 2016|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: adult, boulder, Chondestes grammacus, desert, harlequin, harlequin face, island, Lark Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, spring|

The harlequin faced Lark Sparrows are unique, easily identified and quite striking for sparrows which are known for being "little brown jobs".

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Lark Sparrow Facts

By Mia McPherson|April 26th, 2016|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding range, Chondestes grammacus, desert, facts, harlequin pattern, island, Lark Sparrow, rabbitbrush, recording, song, sparrow, sparrows, spring|

I thought I would share a few Lark Sparrow facts, a sound recording and of course an image of a Lark Sparrow on the ground.

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Sage Thrasher and Lark Sparrow on Rabbitbrush

By Mia McPherson|April 1st, 2016|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: adult, Chondestes grammacus, desert island, Lark Sparrow, mimids, Oreoscoptes montanus, rabbitbrush, Sage Thrasher, sparrow, sparrows, spring, thrasher, thrashers|

This Sage Thrasher and Lark Sparrow on rabbitbrush are only two of the birds that benefit from the rabbitbrush on Antelope Island.

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Juvenile Lark Sparrow on Antelope Island

By Mia McPherson|July 28th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: Chondestes grammacus, desert, immature, island, juvenile, landing, Lark Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, summer, young|

I don't often have the opportunity to photograph young Lark Sparrows so I jumped at the chance last Saturday when I saw this one on Antelope Island State Park.

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Adult Lark Sparrow with Prey

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: adult, boulder, Chondestes grammacus, desert, grasshoppers, island, Lark Sparrow, prey, sparrow, sparrows, summer|

Lark Sparrows are the easiest sparrows to identify that inhabit Antelope Island State Park with their bold facial patterns and white edged tails.

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Lark Sparrows Have Returned to Antelope Island

By Mia McPherson|April 23rd, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: adult, Artemisia tridentata, Big Sagebrush, Chondestes grammacus, desert, island, Lark Sparrow, resting, sage, sagebrush, singing, song, sparrow, sparrows, spring|

For the past week I have been anxiously awaiting my first sighting of Lark Sparrows and yesterday I finally saw them.

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Lark Sparrow behaviors and a Grasshopper

By Mia McPherson|June 14th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: adult, Artemisia tridentata, behavior, Big Sagebrush, Chondestes grammacus, desert, food, grasshopper, island, Lark Sparrow, pair, prey, sage, sagebrush, sparrow, sparrows, Speckled Rangeland Grasshopper, spring|

It was great to get back out into the field yesterday and even better that there were some cooperative Lark Sparrows in my viewfinder.

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Potpourri Of Birds From This Week

By Mia McPherson|May 25th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, California Gulls, Chukars, Clark's Grebes, Davis County, Eastern Kingbirds, Forster's Terns, Lark Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Tooele County, Utah, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: Aechmophorus clarkii, Alectoris chukar, California Gull, Chondestes grammacus, Chukar, Clark's Grebe, Eastern Kingbird, Forster's Tern, Lark Sparrow, Larus californicus, Mourning Dove, Sterna forsteri, Tyrannus tyrannus, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Zenaida macroura|

These are but a few of the birds I photographed this week in various Utah locations and all of them made great subjects!

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A Lark, Or Two, Or Four

By Mia McPherson|April 5th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Beaverhead County, Birds, Davis County, Horned Larks, Lark Buntings, Lark Sparrows, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Tooele County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: bunting, buntings, Chondestes grammacus, displaying, Eremophila alpestris, female, grasses, Horned Lark, lark, Lark Bunting, Lark Sparrow, larks, male, meadowlark, meadowlarks, Montana, rock, sage, sagebrush, sparrow, sparrows, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark|

The only native true lark that lives and breeds in North America is the Horned Lark.

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Birds of Antelope Island – A Mix of Feathered Friends

By Mia McPherson|June 28th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Brine Flies, Chukars, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Northern Mockingbirds, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: Alectoris chukar, birds, brine fly, chick, Chondestes grammacus, Chukar, chukars, desert island, immature, Lark Sparrow, Mimus polyglottos, mockingbird, mockingbirds, Northern Mockingbird, oolitic sand, Oreoscoptes montanus, Sage Thrasher, sparrow, sparrows, summer, thrasher, thrashers|

Yesterday I photographed a mixture of the birds of Antelope Island State Park and had great fun while doing it.

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Lark Sparrow on Antelope Island

By Mia McPherson|May 22nd, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: adult, Chondestes grammacus, desert island, Lark Sparrow, perched, sagebrush, singing, sparrow, sparrows, spring|

I had some luck with a cooperative Lark Sparrow this past Sunday where the handsome bird stuck around for quite a bit on several different perches.

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By Mia McPherson|April 29th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: adult, Chondestes grammacus, harlequin facial patterns, Lark Sparrow, perched, sagebrush, sparrow, sparrows|

This is the closest I have been to a Lark Sparrow to date and this was a very cooperative bird too!

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