I posted a sequence from this same morning a few days ago, taken as the sun was rising behind a bank of cloud on the horizon. Eventually the sun got up above the clouds and spread across the empondment and the birds.  It was, as is often the case in New Mexico in November, a clear crisp light with a good deal of warmth to it.  It made the Sandholl Cranes look particularly alive.

Canon SX40HS. 1260mm,1680mm, and 72mm equivalents. Program with iContrast and -1/3EV exposure compensation. 

Processed in Lightroom for Intensity and Sharpness.