{"id":2787,"date":"2012-02-27T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T13:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=2787"},"modified":"2012-02-26T20:03:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T01:03:26","slug":"white-throated-sparrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/white-throated-sparrow\/","title":{"rendered":"White Throated Sparrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a little bit of snow the last few days. While I was out around sunset, I caught a glimpse of this little fellow.<\/p>\n

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White Throated Sparrow on Snow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At first, I thought it might be a song sparrow. But after further attention I realized it was a White Throated Sparrow. The give away for me was in the clear white breast and if you look really closely, you will see a hint of yellow over its beak. <\/p>\n

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White Throated Sparrow Gesture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I love to try and capture gesture in my wildlife subjects. It makes them seem so much more “human”. I love the way the head is cocked on this subject. I make a game of trying to capture gesture in wildlife. I think it keeps you sharp as a photographer. Too many times I see people standing around while all sorts of wonderful things are happening around them. Maybe they should stop and look!<\/p>\n

Captured with Nikon D700, 600mm f\/4 w\/TC-14EII on Lexar Digital Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We had a little bit of snow the last few days. While I was out around sunset, I caught a glimpse of this little fellow. At first, I thought it might be a song sparrow. But after further attention I realized it was a White Throated Sparrow. The give away for me was in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_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_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\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