Hi,
Do you have any room to the left of the bird? Right now it seems like it is pretty tight in the frame.
A fill flash could have been used to help with the shadows on the breast of the bird. I find the leaves a little over powering, you could crop a little off the bottom to help with this.
The eye looks amazing, I really like it and it's a good HA IMO.
You got the eye very sharp, and the eye contact is excellent. I actually like the bird placed in the left of the frame. The whites are a little hot below the wing. And I find the foreground leaves to be somewhat distracting.
Sorry, this one doesn't do it for me. BG and FG very distracting, the bird is spot-illuminated on the shoulder, the bill is mostly OOF and the crop doesn't make any aesthetic sense.
I apologize if this critique seems harsh; it's just my opinion and I could be wrong...