I tell you what Jack you have picked a really difficult subject here. I have lost count of the number of wasted frames Ive had on bloody birds. The lads from my Camera club went up to the Farne islands on a bird quest, in the nesting season there is wall to wall puffins and all sorts of seabirds. Bird photography for bigginers, you just cant go wrong they told me before they left. Between the five of them they used about 80 rolls of film and they only got about a dozen really great shots. But they had a great time getting them. :0)

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali