Black bird focus problem

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Robert Ainslie

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Attached a photo of a black bird (Drongo) taken with aCanon 6d2, 75-200 F2.8 with 1.4x converter.
Camera set to 1pt AF, Evaluative metering, AI Servo.

I focussed on the black bird but the camera clearlyfocused on the grass about 10m behind.
This image comes from Canon DPP4 which convenientlyshows the focus point.

What gives?
Am I not having enough contrast under the AF?
How should I have taken this shot?
Any comments will be appreciated.
 

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I agree with Arash. With the subject so small, you'd have a slight chance with a clean background (e.g. sky). But with a busy background the camera is not going to grab on to the bird.
 

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