Birds of a feather flock together

Not my best, but definitely not my worst attempt at drawing birds.
I wanted to be bold and started with the European bee-eater, but it proved to be too colourful for my skill level, so then I tried the blue Kingfisher hoping I can tackle its colours better.
I'm not mad with either one of the results, but I know I can do better, as I always have issues with the secondary elements or the background, by adding too many details to them or making them somehow...weird.
But at least working with color will be clearer from now on, and I will surely come back to this class a few more times, just for the fun of it.