Gray Catbird

[wfooshee]

Found one that was either tired, or somehow had a much larger "intrusion circle" than any others I've ever seen. Just sat there being all still and stuff while I rolled off ten or twelve shots, and I was even moving between shots. Bird never spooked, and I actually left first!

It was a bit of an overcast day, and quite dim in the shade of the greenery, so these were shot at a much higher ISO than I like to use on my D7000, ISO 1600. (I have to apply noise filtering at 400 on this camera....)

 

[desertrattm2r12]

Very nice.

 

[goooner]

Nice shots, cool looking bird.

 

[baturn]

Very nice!

 

[KenC]

Thanks for the view. I love these birds and they are very difficult to get a good look at.