This scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), also known as the Texas bird-of-paradise and swallow-tailed flycatcher, was photographed on April 2, 2011, near Edinburg, Texas, USA. I recently discovered a folder of images from a road trip that I made from the Florida Coast through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas before heading north to my Songbirds of Pelee Workshop in Ontario, Canada, that May.
Notice that I used to try to keep my ISO low way back 13 years ago - So great to have the latest Sony cameras capable of super high ISO today!
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus, Tyran à longue queue, STFL). Photographed near Edinburg, Texas, USA, on April 2, 2011. Image Copyright ©Christopher Dodds. 500mm f/4 with 1.4X Teleconverter @700mm ISO 400, f/7.1 @ 1/320s Manual exposure. Full frame image.