As far as the challenge is concerned, there is nothing in this image that suggests an 'early' bird; the sun is not rising, the bird has no watch on and is not reading the morning paper:)The worm has obviously overslept as he is missing from the image, like the signs of early morning:) But hey, we trust you when you say it is early morning;)
I actually like the composition in a abstract way; the angles created by the green against the blue work well. The plant shooting straight into the middle of this is quite dynamic. BUT....very little, if any of this image is in focus. My eyes are watering trying to do the job the camera failed to do. I desparately want to like this image...but the focus!!!! Enough said;)
Nice, but I think you could have composed this better, the bird and plant it´s sitting in is in the dead center, just isn´t working here for me. Sorry.