I chose to leave the two small twigs because they were sort of symmetrical- what would you have done?
This bird has a colloquial name of 'Scissors Grinder' because of the grinding nature of one of its calls. That name is embedded in history harking back to the days when tradesmen would call around to peoples homes to sharpen their scissors and knives. What a different era!
I am not sure about the composition. Of course a great view of the back but the head is slightly out of the plane of focus and the strong almost orthogonal lines - bird vs branch - make it a difficult image IMO. Exposure looks great. JR