Not exactly a bird, but I couldn't resist.

Separated from mom, this yearling Black Bear cub found a place in a tree to catch an afternoon nap at Cap Tourmente nature reserve.

Canon 7D with 500L f/4 lens handheld at 1/500, f/4, ISO 400, +2 1/3 exposure compensation.

Slight crop for composition purposes. The lighting conditions were not ideal, and because of the shade, I had to up my exposure compensation, thereby blowing out the background. I added a bit of very light blue to fill in the background white, and blured it away. A small branch was clonned away. The usual processing for colour, contrast, etc. I selectively upped the vibrence of the cub and main branch.

Cheers,

Mike