First photos with 250mm telephoto.

I'm like a newborn deer trying to run with its new legs, but I love the new 250 mm zoom telephoto for my Canon Rebel XTI. It's not a top of the line camera or a top of the line lens, but for what I need it 's more than enough... with all of the bird seed (hulled sunflower chips) I've been setting out back we've had a literal zoo of birds and animals. I overemphasized the squirrels here, but many more birds are to come...