I went boring.
In Aperture:
Auto levels luminance
A little more contrast
A little vibrancy
Some saturation (Normally I turn down saturation when I turn up vibrancy, but not this time.)
Crop square so eye is kind of close to the golden mean point. Sort of...
If I had the energy I would have repaired the log from behind the bird's mouth, but I'm just not that good with the repair tools. I like the feathers sticking up on the bird's back. I left those.