The bird looks like a bee eater, which builds nests by digging a tunnel on the vertical face of earth or sand banks, preferably, of rivers.
From your exif details I could gather that the camera was placed very near the nest as you have used a wide angle setting. This is also evident as the depth of field is quite good. As the ambient light was very good your Av exposure has given a right amount of motion freezing shutter speed of 1/1250" at f2.80 at ISO80. The slight blur on the wing tips gives enough impression of flight of the bird. The higher shutter speed could have given a plastic effect. The reflection from the sand/earth bank has lightened up the shadows and has given good details.
How high the tunnel was from the bed?
How did you set up your camera?
Which script and what settings you used?
What type of post processing did you use?
Once again compliments for excellent shot
Model - Canon PowerShot A570 IS
Software - Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
DateTime - 2008:05:19 22:05:41
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 2.80
ISOSpeedRatings - 80
DateTimeOriginal - 2008:05:19 12:14:59
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/1244 seconds
ApertureValue - F 2.80
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MaxApertureValue - F 2.80
MeteringMode - Center weighted average
Flash - Flash not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 6.60 mm
ExposureMode - Auto
White Balance - Auto
DigitalZoomRatio - 1.00 x
