Nice shot, love the upright pose and detail, typical west-coast habitat compliments the bird.
Lightening the eyes a bit might be nice but they are quite dark anyways.
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the nice comments on this one. Seems to be a whole lot of these guys in the area right now. Normally they can be a bit wary of humans but the last two that I encountered were quite tame. Only regret that I could not be fast enough to catch this guy in action as he was a great snake hunter and went for a snake snack about every half an hour or so :D.