This is a Golden-Breasted Starling also known as Royal Starling.
Image was captured with the Canon R6 with 200-800mm lens hand-held. ON1 Raw 2024 with normal sliders and denoise.
  Posted: 11/14/2024 21:08:28

Ted, this is a beautiful bird, have never seen one before! I think you captured this image nicely. My only suggestions would be to remove the extra branches, crop in closer to the bird and perhaps desaturate the background color a little so the bird will stand out more. You did a great job.   Posted: 11/23/2024 18:22:24

I also have never seen one before. Beautiful colors. Great capture. I agree with Sylvia to remove the extra branches, crop in closer and desaturate the background. Well seen.   Posted: 11/24/2024 21:01:19