Grasshopper Sparrow

I set out with two photographic targets on this morning: Lazuli Bunting and Grasshopper Sparrow. I failed miserably on the first but succeeded wildly on the second, this frame one of my best to the point in 2020. Shooting down a hillside, I was able to position the bird against a distant coniferous hillside, that dark backdrop really making this pale subject crack against it. Can't beat songbirds belting out their spring best!

Russian Ridge, San Mateo County, California, 5/28/20
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x TC III on EOS 5D Mark IV
1/3200 at f/5.6, ISO 640