What a difference cloud cover can make on a scene!

Following my last end-of-day shot with high contrasty light, here is the same bird on a different day taken about the same time, but with cloud cover.

Canon 7D with the 500L f4 lens handheld @ 1/1000, f5, ISO 400, +1 exposure compensation.
Slight crop for composition purposes - to decentre the bird. The blue of the background toned down to a more pastel colour - as was present when the pic was taken.

Cheers,

Mike