Very nicely done and very sharp. Would love to have seen both feet a bit more clearly but the mud prevented that. A strong option here would have been to focus and recompose so that the bird was close to the right frame-edge looking back into the open space behind it. Love the upper part of the BKGR.
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Very nice pose but I agree with Artie, re: composition. Also, I seem to detect a colour cast (towards the greenish side of things). Nice low angle, and I like the muddy surroundings.