"Plain, dark gray above, and slightly smaller than the mockingbird, the gray catbird has a jaunty black cap and a long black tail ... Its undertail coverts are a rich chestnut-red."

The temperature was in the lower 40's, hence the fluffy feathers.

Here is a sleeker summer image.

Photo taken with a Nikon D300 using a Nikon 400mm, f/5.6 lens.

December 18, 2016.

December 18, 2016