I love #1 Christina -- the light at the back of the bird, the pose...all excellent. #2 is almost as good as #1 but I like the look of #1 -- the eyes says it all to you. I know you are disappointed in not being able to catch a BIF here but these are all good shots nonetheless. Well done...
Rita...sorry about your incident. Really sorry...sometimes it is really hard when you have company when all you want to do is concentrate on your shoot, but who will be your mule?