Much better, I particularly like the birds feeding image as it shows action and movement, this enhances the image and tells a story.
Some very nice images, cooldood, my preference is for the first as it tells a story, showing a male trying to impress.
some great bird images cooldood when shooting birds against the sky i expose for the bird with manual iso, its going to blow out the sky more but it gets the bird detail, if you take a shot of the sky with no birds in it you could expose for a nice sky and blend the too