Number 1 is definitely sharper with better feather detail. The bird is placed a bit awkwardly in the frame though- has the image been cropped? #2 has more interesting lighting and surroundings.
I can't decide which one to enter into my camera club's next print competition, which one do you think?
The second one, but if you main subject is the bird, then on crop off some of the wooden post, which consumes too much of the foreground and leaves the bird as a secondary object.