Glad to see you posting again Mike. This is one of your best, I think it could be a little more in focus and sharper, but keep trying, steady that lens and you will get better photos. I like how you got the bird on the ground instead of in a tree, I have never been able to do that. Welcome back my friend.
"I never looked for it, gave it no name; yet I knew it always, when the gift of peace came. I stood quite still for the moment that it lasted...Then the light shifted slightly and the moment passed, leaving me...with the lasting echo of its presence.." Diana Gabaldon