Swamp Sparrows are skulkers at the best of times. This one sat us for us for all of 30 seconds just off the boardwalk at Cape May Lighthouse State Park, not time enough even to get the camera up to my eye, and certainly not time enough for the digiscoper working next to me to get his scope on the bird, close as it was. He moved on in search of easier shots, and I followed the Swamp Sparrow up the boardwalk for a ways, hoping. It stayed in sight, but pretty much hidden, for many yards. This is the best shot I managed. Despite how much better it might have been, I really like it. It catches not only the bird, but something of its nature. Or that is what I think. 😉

Canon SX50HS in Program with – 1/3rd EV exposure compensation and iContrast. 1200mm equivalent field of view. Processed in Snapseed on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014.