Sweet image. I really like it. The foreground/background is so handsome that the pano crop works nicely. A bit too bad (IMHO) that the bird's legs coincide with the dirt pile, but not a big deal. Great color palette.
I looked at this shot a few different times before commenting to see if I changed my mind. I like the color palette and I like the layers of the dirt mounds. Agree that the bird in front of the mound is not ideal. The large and out of focus area on the bottom right is too close to the bird and distracts from the bird for me. I find the image too dark. Looks like you applied too much contrast as the bird has that chunky feel to me. I does not have the look of how I remember these birds. Their backs are a sandy brown that blends in well with their surroundings and there is more of an orange wash to the breast as opposed to a deeper orange breast.