Wonderful composition and definitely needed to be B&W. The negative space here really does seem to have it's own life and purpose, and I love that it's kinda blown. I also happen to really like that the bird is facing out of the picture, especially with that space behind him. Very nice!
Just terrific: I can hear Paul McCartney singing "Blackbird singing in the dead of night...." Love the artistic nature if this... once in a while "blown out" whites are great.