This was my first time of really trying to capture the smaller birds. At Ft. Desoto there was a good fall out of migratory birds, so I gave it a go. It was later in the day than I would of liked, so I tried to capture them when they were more in shade than not. This one landed in a area that was fairly open and the filtered light seemed more even. Taken with the Nikon D300s and Nikon 500 f/4 lens, iso 640, f/7.1, 1/500, SB-700, no beamer, set on +.7.