Beatuiful pose, flower, and BKGR. The motion blur on the bird cannot be fixed but selectively sharpening the head and face would help, as would re-converting darker to avoid the burned highlights on top of the bird's head.
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I like the angle in this one much better. Since the bird is much brighter than the background, you could have dialed in negative EC, which would have resulted in properly exposed highlights and higher shutter speed.