Dear NICKI,

You made it:

A Superior photo of the mature Short-toed

- With a firm, Confident Look

- Sharp feathers, colours in pleasant shadow

- With prey dangling from One talon

- Diagonally filling the frame.

Its BEAUTY and 'Presence' is further
accentuated by the distinct cosmetic BLACK LINE
along the front edge of the wings,
from Tip to tip !!

Curiously, this line is ABSENT in the
handbooks, I - immediately! - consulted.

GREAT Compliments & rgds

........... C.