Beautiful rare bird

I'm almost exclusively a wildlife shooter but wanted a decent portrait of our 7 yr. old grand-daughter that lives with us. Not having a clue how to go about something I want to do has never stopped me before so I just pretended she was a beautiful rare bird (which is just about right in this old man's opinion) and got busy shooting this afternoon. I took this outside using natural light. I like the results well enough but have no doubt that there's a lot of room for improvement, so please let me know what's wrong (and/or right) with it and what I can do to make my next attempt better. Thanks!

IT looks great. Just shoot more of them.

Great shot

Bringing her forward away from the background might improve it by creating bokeh and a plain rather than the obvious planking might look better too.

The photo itself is cool although obviously posed - real birds don't pose!

Thanks Don.

Thanks Lawrence, great idea, I'll try that next time. Appreciate your thoughts.

Heh, yes, it's posed. I already have a zillion shots of her running wild, just wanted one of her standing still for a change, Doesn't happen often. ( :