Early Morning

It's great to get well lit and detailed portraits of birds - but it's also great to get photos of birds in the landscape - or in this case - the 'sky-scape'.
My family room looks out to the north-east through sliding glass doors. I frequently sit there first thing in the morning and watch the sun come up and the birds begin to wake. The other morning this Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus) sat high in the tree.

Spangled Drongos are glossy black birds with a long fish-shaped tail. They twitch this tail backwards and forwards.

They are noisy birds and this one soon called a mate to sit up there and make their raucous voices heard. Of course, the colors of the sunrise were changing all the time.

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