Good work HH Richard! Interesting looking bird! Shame about the leaf as mentioned but we take what we can get sometimes and I know I would take it. Like the BG and overall colors. Sharpness looks good too. I'm ok with the space to the right but I possibly would take a touch of the bottom if it were mine.
Beautiful image overall...love the pose!! Bummer about the leaf, that is just bad luck. Lovely BG, I would just tone down the brighter area at bottom. I'd also crop some left to hide the vertical reddish stem (and a bit at right to give it a 3:2 ratio). Awesome IQ Richard, well done!