Red-Winged Blackbird Female

@Rene: Because the male looks like this.

I also find birds tougher to shoot than it might seem. I had great luck practicing on dogs at the off-leash park before moving to athletes (crew), then to live insects, then to birds. I hope to move on to elusive mammals (bears, wolverines, martins, big cats etc.) at some point in the future.

Patience.