Eastern Towhee

[Bill Dix]

I'll take a break from the warblers for a bit. Here, one of our local forest birds posed for his portrait.

D7200, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 1000, 1/500s @ f/7.1 manual.

[Ron Conlon]

From birds normally in brambles to a bird normally under the leaf litter--great isolation given the habits of these birds. I like the richness of the colors in this one.

[Randy Stout]

Bill:

Very sweet, and I agree with Ron, this isn't an easy bird to catch up on a perch.

The lichens and angle tend to soften the perch a bit, pretty background, nice pose.

I might consider trying to lift the blacks in front of the eye just a sliver as I am not seeing any detail there.

Cheers

Randy