It does look like he's sunbathing with his feathers all ruffled up. You're right about the quality of light for this shot.. Sometimes magic really does happen :)
"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web." Pablo Picasso
He picked a nicely 'warm' spot too. Wonderful capture. The lighting is terrific and the image is wonderful. He does look like he might have been a bit chilly with his feathers all puffed up.
You will be led to the knowledge of the internal things which are invisible to you, by the external things which you see before you. . . . Even so then, we can represent to ourselves in thought the Author of all that is, by contemplating and admiring the (visible) things which He has made, and ever brings into being.
- Hermes
He sure did and you did a fine job of capturing him. Lovely how he looks into the picture as well as the little splash of green. Well done and thanks for sharing.