Great bird in breeding plumage; you did well with the harsh light. Sharp on the eye. You might try creating a Quick Mask of the greenery and then applying a 20 pixel or so Gaussian blur.
later and love, artie
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You did great considering the harsh light, only wish for the full wing to be extended. But hey, you got hardly any shadows, which is a lot to say at that time of day!