1d Mark IV, 500 f4 + 1.4x
1/500, f8, iso 800, hide
This is a first year male (thanks John Chardine and Paul Guris for the ID confirmation)
Not as colorful as the "painted" full adult, but still a beautiful bird.
I wasn't going to keep this image initially, but I liked the cherubic pose.
BG is distant dried grass/vegetation, thanks to the extreme drought conditions.
Cropped from a horizontal original and cloned out a couple of leaves entering the frame.