One for the record

It’s just fun to be out and about—camera at the ready in the bike basket—and simply go with the flow. What goes around comes around, and on some days you encounter so many new things that you can hardly keep up. I’d caught a glimpse of this fellow flying off a few times before, but I was always too slow. Then, last week, he turned up at the old mill ruins in Heusenstamm; he was quite far away, and I had no idea what had just flown into my lens, but there he is: Mr. Red-backed Shrike—one for the record. I’ll likely lie in wait there again soon to get better shots.