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Seems like you have a nice setup to work with.
From a composition POV, I think the third is your best. Few extraneous elements, full body of the bird, head parallel to sensor (not necessary, but one way to yield nice profile images). Upper left corner darkness could be cloned away. I assume you ended with this crop mindful of distracting elements. Ideally a bit taller on the top might feel a bit more balanced. #1 has an odd head angle, dark band behind/"through" the head. #2 is better, but again a dark object detracts. I like the idea of #4 but it would be better with more of the bodies in the image or a more symmetrical crop of the birds, ideally with them closer and both head angled in a similar way.
Technically, you have an excellent lens with nice sharpness despite slow shutter speed. I dont know which body you have, but consider moving ISO up to 800 or so, shooting closer to 1/400s or faster. You could use more light on the birds, but you can still improve with tweaking white point/exposure in post-processing opening shadows a tad, and a bit more sharpening.
Below is a quick rework of the third, just showing adjustments to exposure, white point, blacks/shadows and a touch of curves and sharpening.
Scott
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