Nice series, especially using a P&S camera, Ariana.
Here is a few from within our garden.
(1) One of my early ones.
The rainbow lorikeets love the lili pilli berries
Canon 350D (Rebel XT) with 70-300 IS zoom and EX580 flash.
ISO 200, 1/200 @ F5.6 ,F=250mm Hand held - Fill in flash with no exposure compensation.
(2) About a year latter - when the Liquid Amber trees were seeding.
Camera: Canon EOS 40D + Canon 100-400 F4.5-F5.6 IS L lens
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 400 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Hand held.
(3) This was taken around the same time (minutes) in the same tree. The galahs love the seeds as well.
(4) Back in the same tree as pic #1 but two years latter.
Taken from our back door in the pouring rain.
Camera: Canon EOS 40D + Canon 100-400 F4.5-F5.6 IS L lens
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 400 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off
Hand held IS (VR, VC) on.
Thanks for looking.
Richard
Edit:
Nowdays, If i am specifically shooting birds, I almost always shoot with a Canon 40D + Canon 100-400 F4.5-F5.6 IS L lens.
If possible I use a mono pod but not for birds in flight.
If lighting is good, and the birds are a fair way off, I will use the lowest possible ISO to give me a shutter speed of at lest 1/500 and an aperure of around F8 and shutter priority .
If lighting is poor, or I want minimal DOF, I will be shooting aperture priority usually with the lens wide open. I am not afraid to bump the ISO up to 1600 + in low light.
Focus is set up for centre focus point only and focus tracking is on.
I will be shooting RAW and in high speed continuous mode.