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If you are not a birder than this picture probably will not stir much emotion in you. I mean it's just a drab little sparrow. Just like every other drab little sparrow.

Perhaps not! With its subtle grades of brown and gray highlighted by just a spec of pale yellow on the bend of its wing, it may be the poster bird understatement. But in the morning, its song of accelerating notes and trills from atop the desert broom is a joyful start to the day.

Although Botteri's Sparrows arrived to our area a couple of weeks ago I did not get a chance to get out early in the morning to see one until yesterday. I liked this shot of the bird seeming to sing into the "microphone" of a nearby branch.

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Shot date: May 5, 2019
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
¹⁄₁₀₀₀ sec at f/9.0 Bias:0 EV
Lens: EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM
ISO: 500