A nice intimate shot Ed. The background is a tad distracting, but you already went with a very shallow DOF, so not a lot you could do except some post-processing.
Nice find and pose. I might sharpen the head a bit more and clone out the branch sticking out of the bird's beak. I see a slight magenta cast on my monitor.
A lovely subject and a nice pose but the background is distracting. You might consider removing the small vertical stick at the bottom and the stick piece in the lower right corner. I would also lighten the eye. The color cast is an easy fix.