A beautiful little bird, I like the environmental aspect too. If this is a crop I would be inclined to give a little more space or as previously suggested go landscape.
Thank you all. I had originally prepared both portrait and landscape versions. The portrait OP had the advantage of avoiding some additional twigs on the right that I thought were a bit distracting (although perhaps one might say they balanced the comp.) The landscape version is posted herewith. A tighter crop follows that, with the RH twigs cloned out. In both landscape versions I didn't take the time to clone out the one twig that crosses the bird.
I like the natural look you captured in this image, details and exposure. Pane #6 is my favorite. I would like to have more images of this beauty, TFS Bill.
Yep, the first landscape wins it for me as well. And by a lot too. I'd even add back even more if you have it, enough to give that twig tip a bit more breathing room. Looks like it had an awkward grip on the perch! Pretty neat to see. A slightly better head angle would have helped here IMO, but I get the impression the light angle was not best for that. Sweet frame all around.
Pane #6 is just right. Twigs greatly add to the landscape environment, and don't take away from subject, by the way which is beautifully captured in great light. Well done, Bill.