This was a first for me, I had heard these were in the area I was photographing Bluebirds, and when I suddenly saw this bird as I was driving, in the sage just off the road and luckily on the driver's side, out came the beanbag and away we go! I have not seen a songbird sit in one spot singing nearly as long as this bird did. Kept hoping for a take-off, but when the bird did, rather than a take-off it was a rather depressing "hop-down" instead. That being said, they have an absolutely beautiful song.



Tech specs. Beanbag on car window. Nikon D7200, ISO 320, 1/1600, f5.6, 680mm ( 400mm f2.8 plus 1.7TC). Nothing special in processing, other than removing a small branch that was sticking into the left side of the birds head.