Hovering blackbird

One of our blackbirds has learned to hover, like a humming bird, for a few seconds, to snatch a sunflower seed from our bird-feeder. This is a composite image of three, cropped from a sequence taken in rapid succession:
"The Hover", "The lunge", "Got One!"
K-S2 on tripod, IR remote shutter release, Pentax DA-16-85mm set to 43mm, 1/1000 sec f/5.6