Another bird from stop at Grebe Marsh at Estero Llano Grande State Park World Birding Center in Weslaco TX on the final day of my Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival trip. The Great Kiskadee is a striking bird at any time, but much easier to expose on a cloudy day. With any sun at all, the mask goes jet black and you lose the eye, and the white above and below burns out. This level of illumination is just right 🙂

I really like the alert pose.

Canon SX50HS. Program with auto iContrast and Shadow Fill. 1800mm equivalent field of view. f6.5 @ 1/800th @ ISO 800. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.