One of the most common birds in the Rio Grande Valley, the Great Kiskadee is certainly a stunning bird. It’s song is pretty far from musical, but what it lacks in vocal talent it makes up for in volume. It is active, gregarious, and very visible much of the time. This bird clung to this reed for at least 5 minutes as I shot at different focal lengths and captured a number of poses. I like the intent look here.

Canon SX40HS at 1400mm equivalent field of view (700 optical plus 2x digital tel-converter). f5.8 @ 1/640th @ ISO 200. Program with iContrast.

Processed in Lightroom for Intensity and Sharpness.