THE Holy Hand Grenade!'s photostream  

A Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus perches in a lakeside tree in Garin Regional Park, Hayward, CA. Taken by a Nikon D40x with a Sigma 70-300mm non-APO macro lens (at 300) Cropped heavily to 4x6 aspect ratio.

A Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus perches in a lakeside tree in Garin Regional Park, Hayward, CA. Taken by a Nikon D40x at ISO 400 with a Sigma 70-300mm non-APO macro lens (at 270) Cropped heavily to 4x5 aspect ratio.

A Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans perches on a rusty barbacue firebox in a picnic area of the Garin Regional Park, Hayward, CA. Taken by a Nikon D40x at ISO 400 with a Sigma 70-300mm non-APO macro lens (at 300) Cropped heavily to squareish.

The @#$in' bird turned its head away just as I tripped the shutter...

This is probably a just-fledged first-year juvenile...

A Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans perches on a rusty barbacue firebox in a picnic area of the Garin Regional Park, Hayward, CA. Taken by a Nikon D40x with a Sigma 70-300mm non-APO macro lens (at 195) Cropped.

The box the bird is perched on is seen from the side, there is one seen from the front, back in the bokeh...

An American Robin perches on a tree limb in Garin Regional Park, Hayward, CA. Taken by a Nikon D40x with a Sigma 70-300 DG non-APO macro lens. (at 300) Cropped severely to square.

I'm looking almost straight up to catch this one - one doesn't want to look exactly straight up for this species: the genus name (which means "Thrush" in Latin...) is highly appropriate for it's American slang meaning!