bird photography : brown thrasher

During a long road trip down to Florida to visit Beth's family, we stopped at a McDonald's to grab a quick bite to eat. While I sat in the car, this Brown Thrasher popped out of the shrubbery and posed briefly for a photograph.

Equipment: Canon EOS 30D Canon EF 300mm f4L IS with 1.4x Teleconverter Settings: f8; 1/500 sec.; focal length at 420 mm; ISO 200 Date: July 17, 2007 5:32 pm Location: Lumberton, NC