The 7D has come in handy as it gives me better reach, plus 10 fps can be very useful, especially with birds that don't hang about long. Managed to get a little story together out of some of them: (all with 7D and 180 macro)
First a blackbird:
Canon 7D EF 180 f/3.5L macro at f/5.6 and 1/80 ISO 500
blackbird2 by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
f/5.6 1/320 ISO 500: the blackbird's been at the chocolate cake!
blackbird's-been-at-the-chocolate-cake! by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
and peeking through the bars
f/5.6 1/125 ISO 400
blackbird by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
Then along came a family of tits - either blue tits or crested tits - I suspect blue:
Here's the mother:
(pity I cut the tail off, but more to help with species identification as I'm not usually a birder)
f/5.6 1/1000 ISO 500
parent-tit by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
here's one of the adolescents
f/5.6 1/400 ISO 500
Juvenile-tit by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
one flies away while a blue tit looks for food:
f/5.6 1/320 ISO 500
Blue-tits- by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
"Can I have some cake?"
1/640
Can-I-have-some-of-that-cake-mummy- by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
"Oh Go, On, please! I promise I'll be good!"
I-promise-I'll-be-good! by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
(sulks)
(sulks) by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
"Oh Go on then..."
1/400
Oh-Go-on-then!-Here-you-go by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
"Look Mr Photographer, look what I've got!"
1/400
Ha!-Ha!-Look-Mr-photographer,-look-what-I've-got! by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
"Please mummy, can I have some more?"
1/400
Oh-goody-can-I-have-some-more- by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
"Yum Yum!"
1/320
Yum!-Yum! by
singingsnapper, on Flickr