Varied Thrush & Repost

I decided to go way back to 2008 when we had the worst winter storm I've seen in the 28 years I've been in Western Washington.  It started with a couple of feet of snow and was followed by an ice storm that sealed the snow with 1/2 an inch of ice and that was followed with a week or two of cold weather so it didn't melt.  It messed up a lot of people's holiday plans because it came in mid-December and lasted until the beginning of January.

Almost the only time I've seen this species is after a major snow when they will start coming to ground feeding stations, which is where I took this image.  We feed next to a wooded area across our back fence, so we get some of the shy ones coming across.

40D, 500mm F4 ISL + 1.4 TC, Jobu gimbal on Gitzo legs, f/5.6, 1/80, iso 320, aperture priority, pattern metering.  Processed in LR5 & CS6.  Cropped to 5.2 MP (the 40D was about 10 MP).  A lower angle would have been nice, and I wish I'd had new snow, but this was taken December 26th and we'd been feeding on the snow for at least a week since the last snowfall.

Comments and criticisms are welcome and appreciated.

Thanks,