Spotted Tohee.

[Karl Egressy]

This is an other very rare vagrant in our area. The darkness of the evergreen shrub is one of his hiding places.
It just came out to go under the feeder to pick up some seeds. I like this despite the fact that it is not parallel
to the camera as it shows some nice snow and his winter retreat.
Taken today morning.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 5D M III
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II. +1.4x III.
ISO 400
f7.1
1/250 s

(Changed the title to Spotted Towhee but it did not take it for some reason)

[Dennis Zaebst]

Nice job on the exposure, Karl. (And thanks for the one critique I got on the photo I submitted earlier -- "The Greeting"). Very nice IQ and lighting on this guy. Sweet.

[dankearl]

Very nice getting one out in the open!
It must be lost or it would not be on the open….
Great seeing one in the snow.

[Daniel Cadieux]

You've been doing well with the rarities Karl. I like the alert posture, snow, very nice eye. I wouldn't mins a tad less below (maybe half the thinner part of the snow at right) and a bit more above and left.