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American Redstart
I should give my wife Julie credit for creating a garden that would attract this American Redstart---at least to pass through, if not to stay. I was trying to photograph a Common Yellowthroat Warbler that can be found in our Hawthorne tree nearly every year during this time of year for about a week. I was surprised then to see this Redstart appear. I had not ever seen one, let alone photographed one before. I tried to reduce some of the clutter of leaves not far from the birds head.
Canon 60D, 300mm f4 L + 1.4x, @ 1/1600, f6.3, ISO 500, HH.
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Congrats on a new species, I have never seen one of these either. Good you got a shot of it too, just for the record!
Maybe you could find out what it likes to eat and lure it into a better settting.
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They love insects Joel---really small ones apparently. I tried to lure this bird with a recorded call this morning. However, that proved to be a bit of a challenge in our backyard. While not a big yard, we have a pair of nesting catbirds on one end, and a house wren nesting at the other end. They both create quite a racket (along with the traffic noise) which made it difficult to draw this bird closer. I suppose I could try meal worms, but the catbirds would eat them.
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Hi Ron- This is a tough species. You got the light right- nice and flat. Sun just turns them into shiny black creatures. Try to get them down lower in the foliage to get a better camera angle against a darker BG. Well done in getting the image- as I said they are tough IMO.
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