I'm not sure if it's your paint job or not, but he's just a little too dark in these photos. I do like the parrot, and the stripes and many other details you've captured nicely.
Nice work Howard, the rusted metal looks great. I think you couldhave gone a stage higher with the skin and you need to back off a little with your camera but all in all a nice solid piece of work. Great to see some new posts from you.