Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) -05

            Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, near Brownsville, Texas. 
Lifer.

While I had heard of this species, I was under the illusion that it was brown in colour. Not so, I found out, not the males, at least. There were many at Laguna Atascosa, and I quickly fell in love with their dark, blue trimmed plumage and their towhee-red eyes. This breeding male  was impressing some lady friends in a shallow ditch along the road leading back to the highway we came in on, when we stopped the car, backed up a bit and recorded his antics through the passenger window....
   

Taken on: April 30, 2018

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Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/5.6, 1/400 sec, 400mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 70D
Lens:	Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	400mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Photos 1.5
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