Hi Nancy,

You should be able to find a digital (kindle, ..) book on your camera - not too expensive and transportable, that is for reading and learning - not the manual - unfortunately manuals are basically an itemized indices and were not intended as a learning tool, especially for NEWBIES. I have one for my Canon 5d M iii and my Canon 7d m ii by Doug Klostermann. Both are excellent. Try searching on Amazon or googleing. I'm fairly certain you'll find some good offers. youtube is also an excellent resource. (picture is worth 1000 words, ...LOL)
Mark

It looks as if the seeds are in focus, but the bird is a little bit out of focus. Are you using a single focus point, for shots like this, or are you using multiple focus points? If you are using multiple points, the camera will focus on the closest object in any of the points. The seeds are closer to the camera than the bird is. In fact, the bird looks as if it is as far away as it can be, while still being perched.

If you are using a single point, try getting that focus point on the bird's head, with no part of the feeder intruding. In this case, it would be better to situate the focus point on the right half of the bird's head, rather than the left half. If the head poses too much of a problem, go for the body.

The feeder appears in focus in the first 2 shots and not the bird. Either you missed with your focus point or the lens is front focusing. Nothing appears really sharp in #3.

I notice the shots were at 277mm and shutter speed of 125 with iso 100. If they were handheld, at that focal length, next time, in similar lighting, you might want to try bumping the iso up to 250 where you could keep the shutter speed no slower than 1/320. It will help eliminate or reduce any camera shake. Or, just use shutter priority at 1/320 or faster.

The feeder appears in focus in the first 2 shots and not the bird. Either you missed with your focus point or the lens is front focusing. Nothing appears really sharp in #3.

I notice the shots were at 277mm and shutter speed of 125 with iso 100. If they were handheld, at that focal length, next time, in similar lighting, you might want to try bumping the iso up to 250 where you could keep the shutter speed no slower than 1/320. It will help eliminate or reduce any camera shake. Or, just use shutter priority at 1/320 or faster.