Blackbird Catches Me By Surprise

This was one of those 'quick or you'll miss it' moments when suddenly out the corner of my eye I noticed some movement, I turned slowly to see this male blackbird perched very close to me on the top of this branch. Carefully I raised my camera and managed to get just two or three shots before he flew off, here's the best of the bunch.

Shot using aperture priority mode, f2.8, hand held camera with 100-400mm lens.