In my local area, Redwings have been much less plentiful than usual so far this winter, and most of those I have seen have been distant and skittish.

So, I was particularly pleased to get very close to this one hunting for food amongst the leaves, very close to the roadside entrance to a local park, back in mid December.

It flew to the trees at one point, when a couple walked along the path in to the park, but I waited, standing quietly back against the foliage, to see if it would return. When a much more confident male Blackbird came down and began to flick energetically through the leaf litter, the Redwing could see that it was missing out on some juicy worms and other titbits, so it also returned to feed. I got a few more photos then slowly retreated to continue my walk and leave the two thrushes to their feasting.