He was sitting on the next perch over, and to get him in mid-air, I had to prefocus on his plane of flight and mush the shutter release as soon as I saw him jump. If I waited until I could see him in the viewfinder, I missed it every time!
Yep, and I actually had it in the truck & thought about setting it up. But then, I wouldn't be getting the robins & catbirds eating serviceberries that I was REALLY sitting there to get...