Northern mockingbirds are bold. While on the east coast, one jostled me awake at midnight with his incessant chatter–blue jays, cardinals, sparrows, car alarms–he gave it his ALL.
While chasing light at the beach the next morning, I encountered this dapper fella (above and below). He told me he wanted his photo taken, so I obliged many times over. I winked and told him he was going to make me look good. I think this is the best bird shot I’ve taken with my Nikon D90. I wish I could tell you the lighting was horrible that morning and I applied photographic wizardry to make the shot look so good, but in fact, the lighting was excellent and other than being patient while he moved from post to post, this shot was a gimme.
Off again to the Adirondacks–this time for a week. I don’t think I’ll have wireless access, so pardon the silence here on the blog.
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Hi Laura – you’ve captured a great shot of one of my favorite birds. The mockingbird is also the state bird of Texas, and is well represented here. I LOVE to hear them singing their repertoire (had to look that up to make sure I spelled it right) at night. I don’t hear them at night any more…maybe it is just a spring thing. I use a Nikon as well – congrats on the new camera!