Local Celebrity Rare Bird - Black-throated Gray Warbler.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Check out any field guide for this species' normal breeding and wintering range, and check out where Ottawa, Ontario is located - this bird is well over 3000KM out of range! It has been around for two weeks now, and has kept most local birders / bird photographers' interest rather high. I finally got around to checking it out myself, I was rather happy when it foraged down to eye level, and at the edge of a large Pine. Despite the below freezing temperatures it was actively and successfully finding tidbits to consume.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, FF, darkened the pupil, lightened the iris, tamed a couple of brighter highlights in the BG via burn tool.