Photo: Jan Speak
Birding at Millennium Garden leads to a picturesque shot.
“I heard the sound of the indigo bunting while I was birding in the Millennium Garden, so I waited for a while because the majority of the time it was fairly high in a nearby tree,” photographer Jan Speak says. “This photo was very special to me as the male indigo bunting is one of my absolute favorite birds. The fact that, for a few brief seconds, it landed on a very picturesque mullein, then turned its head just a bit so as to almost make a heart, really stood out to me. It was probably a once-in-a-lifetime capture.”
Photographer: Jan Speak
Title: Indigo Bunting on Mullein Almost Making a Heart
Equipment: Nikon D5000 camera with a Sigma 150–600mm lens
Location: Plymouth Millennium Garden
Category: Wildlife
Award: Third Place
