Thanks Brian, they are very colourful subjects with a striking plumage, the Green WP is also very attractive and would love to photograph.
I think Brian, it might be
'across the pond" preference, I really have no issue with perches like this or indeed weathered/rusty barbed wire as a
'perches' which have been posted from both sides. Providing it's not a new post, treated, but a well weathered/worn one which has character/texture I can't see any problem. Many award winning image we have seen recently have been where a barn owl is looking out of a broken window of a barn, or indeed a Polar resting in an old trappers hut, or a Tiger, again resting in the ruins of a Maharajah palace all man made.
The nail is original and like the post, weathered so it's all part & parcel, but compared to a mooring post from a marina which is far newer no one comments on that...
Hopefully in coming images there might be some more options, albeit the post might be back...