This is the same bird that I posted yesterday, but has now obligingly turned around and posed with the sky for a background instead of the grassy bank. This one is less of a crop, and apart from making the sky a bit bluer than it really was, needed less pp-ing than the 1st image of this bird, which as a couple of people pointed out, was a bit over-contrasty and over-sharpened. I hope this image is better. I added a thin border to separate the pale sky from the white page for posting here - does that work? As it's a different image, although the same bird, I posted it as a new post instead of a reply to critiquing - hope that's OK.
Sharp and the perch and feet look really good to me.
I would maybe move the bird to the left instead of it being centered.
They are hard to get in the open and are really small, you did a really good
job getting one on an exposed perch like this.
I like the simple design of the image. I think Dan means moving the bird a bit to the RIGHT, but still not bad as is. This would have benifitted from some fill-flash IMO. A bit of a sharpening halo is visible in some areas. Boy, this fella is showing a bit of the wear-and-tear the breeding season inflicts on birds!
This is so much better than yesterday's bird. You can't do anything about the condition of the bird except get out there earlier next year and get a better bird but you will have a hard time getting one in the open.
You can make the processing changes suggested like changing the sky to white and moving it to the right and it will be a very good photo.