Can't believe this didnt score higher, it's such a dark and depressing image of a kind of creepy bird lol I love the emotions this image elicits. I gave it an 8 :)
This has some great potential, but it is quite flat for my taste. I think splitting the image to red or green and boosting the gamma would help this pop a little. I hope that is helpful to you.... good luck in the challenge!
You have the bird in a good position for this image if you can when taking bird images maybe try and take them from the air or tree even water the wire just ruins the image for me sorry it looks over exposed or washout too .