While scouting a kingfisher nest from my car five male Brown-headed Cowbirds, and one female, landed on a fence on the driver's side of my car. They looked nice, but being on a bland fence I thought not much of it...until one of the males started courting the female. Drop the binos, pick up the camera, and fire away!
They allowed one series before dropping down out of sight in the tall grass below, and I thought I had nothing good on it as the male was angled away from me...but to my surprise and delight on this particular frame its head was turned parallel to me.
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/500s., f/5.6, ISO 400, natural light, handheld with lens resting on car window opening, cropped for composition, brought out colour and texture on fence as it was quite washed away (use a combination of burn and sponge tools)