The Bird is too dark. I saw it on many same pictures if the distance anf F-namber were large. May be is reason to use one center point exposition only on the Bird. I can not try it since I have not a super-zoom camera. Can you try it??A picture is worth a thousand words .....
This was taken about 10 inches from the bird through the window.........if you remain still you can get this type photo........I was just using the automatic setting and probably pointing toward the sun which caused it to come out this dark........I tried lightening it with the computer but only got it this clear........on the photos I take with the zoom, I do get better results....I think this was F3.5 at 1/60 sec. and less than a foot away with very little optical zoom.....
