Midwest USA. December 2025.

Olympus E-M1 + Oly 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 II @ 252mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO-640.

Not exactly an uncommon bird, but a hard one to photograph because they only want to scavenge on the ground and they’re wary of humans. Still a cool sighting and it looks cool perched on that tree.

  • etherphon
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    1 day ago

    Got a bunch of these little guys living in some well protected evergreens in our yard, love to watch them hop around, take dirt baths, get into skirmishes. Nice picture!

    • Tempus FugitOP
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      They are pretty great. It’s so therapeutic watching and photographing them. Something positive in these trying times.