Very nice morning light and wing position. It looks like a marbled godwit to me. I might apply some CW rotation and remove the dark band left of the wings.
Sharp, perfectly placed in the frame, and love the wing postion. I would decrease the SAT 10 points or so and crop from the bottom.
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