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Don’t wish to drag out your time too much Alan but yes I agree there is a lot of dead space to the right I and probably above the robins head I was thinking a tighter 2/3 crop ratio portrait  and maybe reduce the perch height.......just suggestions, appreciate your indulging my iniitial suggestion........

With the above in mind you will probably see that many of my images are tightly cropped and probably too tight on occasion but that is a lot to do with the cropping I do to fit the instagram limitations and use the same images for alphshooters, whilst for my web page I use the original 2/3 ratio photos generally.

Just as a general comment I see many images wherein  very impressive key elements lose their impact. due to compositional issues. yes I am as guilty as others of this, but find in my shooting as I have developed my photographic experience, composition/background in my day to day shooting occupies 50/50 of my time along with camera settings to achieve overall subject/image quality.

In my earlier days,like most, I focused almost exclusively on my camera craft to achieve the best image quality(sharpness/contrast etc)I could, but over time have gradually transitioned to the 50/50 approach as above.....

in my mind good images have high image quality, but great images are as much about the composition and subject positioning.