yeah thats a great start.

If I were to give you ten pence worth of advice, ad an extra loop from the corner of the mouth so you have 3 quads there instead of two, so 1 top one middle and one lower, as I have found over the years it eliminates probs when opening the mouth a bit better too.

Also the loops from the labial nasal area are very wide, I would bring those in a little more, that way you can add another loop to flow across the bridge of the nose, around the cheek and under the chin.

again great start...

edit: As for the poles, they're in good shape there. Alot of people (mainly inexperienced and copycat parrots) tend to shudder at the sight of them and scream hellfire. But if the loops are correct anatomically then poles become just part of the geo as normal then a good artist is able to work with them without even worrying about them

Jay