European Robin

In my previous post I had featured this bird calling it the British Robin , this time its the same species , but a slight vagrant and called European Robin (Erithacus rubecula). This one was photographed in Mediterranean sea, off Greece. The bird was very shy and extremely difficult to photograph unlike its British cousin, which was very much approachable. Although subtle differences exist between to two species, I could not readily identify any, just by looking.
Managed to photograph the nice twinkle in the birds eye, it gives m a lot of satisfaction to see the glow in a animals eye.
Although I like to photograph at the lowest possible ISO value, many times especially when photographing hand held in poor light, it is better to use a higher ISO. Though the noise is more, it's better than having blurry photographs because of slow shutter speed. Here I used ISO 200, to boost the shutter speed from 1/125 to 1/250 sec.

photo details: f/4.5 , 1/250sec , ISO 200 , 300mm

British Robin

The British Robin (Erithacus rubecula) is a common garden bird in Britain, but is a novelty here in India. A very small population of Female Robins migrate to Europe from Britain during Winter and Robins from Russia migrate to Britain to escape from the harsh Russian winter.
I found the British birds to be less shy and more approachable by humans than their Indian counterparts. The birds are used to humans and don't find unsafe near them. I may be wrong but the only reason I could conclude was may be because of our habit of shooing birds that come to peck the food we eat or that come on the fields.

Indian Robin

A female Indian Robin, sings with its melodious voice. The male is glossy black with a white shoulder patch.Early in the morning This was the first bird to rise up and start chirping early in the morning Goa, where I was photographing birds
Photographed at Goa. f/4.5 , 1/500 sec