Who's watching who?

A rare bird deep in a Costa Rican rainforest? No. During an early evening walk around a nearby pond I experimented with diminishing daylight as the sun dropped below the tree line. This female red-winged blackbird (very common here) graciously came close to see what I was up to. The limited light gave the photo a softness I don't get during mid-day sessions.

Canon T2i DSLR, Tamron 200-400mm lens at 390mm, f/8, 1/500th second, ISO 1600.

Sharpened, cropped.