I am so envious of where you live! Please post the odd shot in the Bird Portraits and Birds in Flight threads as we regulars like seeing photos like yours.
I will do it - I have been a long time lurker and finally decided to post a bit. I really like this site.
You probably already do this but what I do is sest one of the 'custom modes' on all my cameras for basic BIF settings so when something comes flying along I blip over to mode setting '3' make quick minor adjustments and off I go. Things like tracking, minimum shutter speed, burst mode, etc are already set so I'm usually ahead of the game. I found it helped me a lot.
Before I did this I'd see a bird and panic and by the time I got set up to even attempt a shot I was looking at tail feathers.
I just looked at the posted pics and man does it screw the quality of the shot - I'll have to find a host that will allow full resolution pics - any suggestions?