While taking my evening walk I spotted a grasshopper sparrow perched on the weathered remains of an old fence post. The bird did not seem unduly alarmed so I slowly approached it one to two steps at a time until I was less then fifteen feet away.
I was carrying a Canon 60D / 100-400mm lens and shooting handheld. Using the image stabilization at ISO 500, F5.6, 1/320th shutter I was able to obtain reasonably sharp images; at least sharp enough to see that the little sparrow was living up to its name with two grasshoppers grasp firmly in it beak.
