Grass-roof Cottage with Shorebird--2Crops

Hi Folks,
I don’t often post in non-nature, but this one was a toss-up between Landscape and Non-nature. There are a couple of technical and aesthetic issues with this image: sky had nothing going for it, bird is not tack sharp. I’m wondering whether it still has appeal.

I kept a good bit of sky to capture the faintly seen hillside, but I’m inclined to crop about half of the current sky as well. What do you all think?

Possible Crop:

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