Wrentit

The light was a little steep at this point in the morning, but I decided to play some tape for Wrentit when I spotted this perfectly perch on the hillside below me. This obliging individual miraculously assumed the desired vantage after ten seconds of playback, and I achieved the super smooth background by crouching down and putting the bird against a very distant hillside. This was my first time photographing this very common California bird, so I was stoked with this inaugural result, the minimal shadows on the bird's chest only a minor issue in my mind.

Loma Prieta, Santa Cruz County, California, 6/3/20
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS 5D Mark IV
1/1600 at f/5.6, ISO 800