Red Winged Black Bird

Of them there are many

Beautiful shot, love these birds, did some on my last trip to the US.

I agree with Birte, this is a very nice bird, and of course you did a great job by capturing him perching in the branch like that! jc

Great timing with his breast all puffed up and beak open. I am most impressed with the exposure here -- having tried to photograph these recently I know how hard it was to get good shadow detail on the feathers without over-exposing everything else. Maybe film would have been more successful than my digital (softer shoulder)? Regardless, nice job!