Black-faced Grosbeak

Image # 1D2_06513

Maquenque Wildlife Refuge, San Carlos River

Canon 600L/f4 IS with 2x II Teleconverter

ISO 1000, f/8, 1/250 second

Manual Exposure

Gitzo 1329/Arca Swiss B1/Wimberley Sidekick

Throughout this trip, we saw many different species either building nests, feeding their young, etc.  I hadn't seen this species of Grosbeak before, and was happy to photograph it with huge clumps of vegetation it was gathering to build its nest.