I live a few miles outside of a town, so countryside for all intensive purposes, and we have a great array of wildlife here.
Yesterday we had juvenile Magpies being fed all day in a tree behind us. You'd see mother flying in and then the hellish squeaking commence as they cried to be fed.
Seed, peanuts, fat balls... anything to lure them in here, although the feckin Yellowhammers have been a nightmare eating all the grass seed on our newly lawn.
Been tapping away with great interest since about 2007. Nikon D40X is a good camera. To get the best results out of any camera you need to understand the relationship between light, aperture and shutter speed. understanding those fundamentals is a great start into photography.