Red Winged Blackbird in Flight

I am tickled pink, so to speak, with the outpouring of response to my star magnolia shot and my reflected heron shots taking both to the PP. Thanks so much. Made my day.
I still find my reflexes slow on capturing birds in flight but I am hoping practice will help. I thought this one was pretty good.

[bkb in the city]

nice catch

[Meg]

wow love the red....what is that?

[Meg]

oh never mind...I just read the title! hahaha

[Gerry]

a very nice capture in flight

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Jennifer]

It certainly is, You got it really sharp. Love the pop of red. Congrats on PP, well deserved.

[megan]

we have these fellows all over in the chicago area. i will have to try and catch one too. great shot!

[Caz]

Great timing !

[Peter de Graaff]

Great red band

[Vee]

Yes, good one! I've yet to see one of these!

[Sue Wilde]

This is quite gorgeous

[Ellen Young]

Perfect Focus and Capture Jane! Looks like he is wearing a red bandana!! FAV! :)

[Junan Heath]

Fabulous capture! Gorgeous!

[CK]

Perfect capture, wonderful light. Perfect!

[carol white]

Wonderful capture!!

[Rohini Gupta]

Great shot - that red is so striking.

[Alison Tomlin]

Yep nice and sharp and I like the composition and strong colours.

[Caroline]

Pretty good indeed! It's so hard to capture birds. Well done.

[Pam Hawkes]

Excellent flight capture! I have not been able to get one of these in flight!

[cheryl]

very nice. he looks good on the down stroke to show off that red!

[Amrita]

That is lovely! And am so glad to discover the name. Have taken pictures when i travel, and i called him " the red shoulder padded bird" :)

[Jen Hudson]

Birds are so hard to capture anyway. You have caught that lovely colouring on him really well and his lovely wing shape.

[Ann Jones]

Great shot and timing!