I really like this shot but is that a ummmm budgie as the beak seems wrong? I like the way this shifts from light to dark on the diagonal. The thing that really lets this image down is the distracting white object in the background. Being advanced editing couldnt you have darkened that down?
B&W is probably a good choice because the background is not as blurry as i would like to see and so the lack of its color makes for less of a distraction. This is not bad i like the motion feel.