What he said^^^
If you're not into editing the only thing I could say is to try and take a profile of the duck that way there's no confusion of what the object in the foreground.
You could also superimpose the profile shot to the background in order to maintain your current angle towards the sunset.
And lastly, if you like the angle of the sunset and the bird, edit one shot to show more highlights and details of the bird and then layer that over the original or an edited version with higher contrast to emphasize the nice color you've captured.
But again not sure if you're into manipulation and stuff so my 2 cents might be useless lol
Either way I can see what you're going for. Keep pushing.