This Snow Bunting seems to be making a supreme effort to perch on the branch. They are not known as perching birds. We see them more often than not flirting from one part of a field to another and landing on the ground. But, when there is a will there is a way as you will see below.

Canon 7D with the 500L f4 lens mounted on Jobu scorpion ground pod @ 1/1600, f8, ISO 400 +1/3 exposure compensation.

With my painful, old wobby knees, lying flat with the Jobu scorpion pod mount has its advantages apart from shooting low on the ground.

This scene is a setup, what we call here in Quebec 'doing a perch'. The branch is placed in an approriate spot vi-a-vis the light source and background. The birds are enticed to approach using their favourite seeds and with a little luck and a lot of patience, hopefully they land where you want them.

Cropped for composition purposes to an 8 x 12 framing format. Behind the right wing, there was a hint of a far-off out-of-focus telephone pole which I clonned away. Background despeckled to reduce noise.

Cheers,

Mike