You nailed the exposure, and the colours are very nice. Good low angle too. The eye looks good...but you might like it even better by using the sponge tool to saturate with an 8-10% flow. I agree the comp would breathe better with more room around the subject.
I appreciate the appearance of calmness in this birds pose. As well a the previous comments about the great low perspective, exposure and eye contact, I also like how the background has just a bit of details in it and that it doesn't look like just a blank wall.
Love stilt image, Grand. You had nice light and you nailed the exposure. You have great details in your feathers. The stilt is personally too large in the frame for me. The dark spot upper right is an easy fix. You could also just use the clone tool and take a spot from just to the left of the dark spot.