What's the Score?

This was my best image of the day.  I used my new scoring checklist.  It scored 5.5 

10 Point BIF Scoring Checklist	Point	Comment
Is there adequate detail.  Noise? Focus? Is the body sharp?		Close
Is the exposure good? Has motion been arrested?  Are the wings sharp		Close
Does lighting enhance the image?		No
Is the bird in an interesting pose? Are the wings spread?	1	Yes
Did I make good use of the frame? Is the frame free of distractions?	1	Yes
Does color enhance the image?		No
Does the background contribute to the image?  Color?  Depth?	1	Yes
Is this bird a good subject?  Young and beautiful?  Ugly, ragged and missing feathers?  In mating plumage - sexy?	1	Adequate
Does the bird look alive and engaged?  Eye sharp? Catchlight?	1	Ok
Is the bird doing something interesting?  Is it interacting with a mate, offspring, friends, enemies or the environment?	.5	Flying

This starling had difficulty eating from the suet feeder.  He tried to fly into and grab a quick bite. You had to be there - my photo doesn't tell the story very well.  I scored it a 5.

10 Point BIF Scoring Checklist	Point	Comment
Is there adequate detail.  Noise? Focus? Is the body sharp?		Close
Is the exposure good? Has motion been arrested?  Are the wings sharp		Not completely
Does lighting enhance the image?		No
Is the bird in an interesting pose? Are the wings spread?	1	Yes
Did I make good use of the frame? Is the frame free of distractions?		Second bird is distracting
Does color enhance the image?		No
Does the background contribute to the image?  Color?  Depth?	1	Yes
Is this bird a good subject?  Young and beautiful?  Ugly, ragged and missing feathers?  In mating plumage - sexy?	1	Adequate
Does the bird look alive and engaged?  Eye sharp? Catchlight?	1
Is the bird doing something interesting?  Is it interacting with a mate, offspring, friends, enemies or the environment?	1

I've learned something from this checklist already. 

Spray and Pray allowed me to capture actions that occurred faster than I could react.  It provided choices for wing position and pose.

Spray and Pray didn't produce a single image with good lighting or color.  If I want to improve, I'll need to solve those problems.

Overall, focus was a huge problem - My 400mm lens has very little depth of focus.  I need to either find way to increase the depth of focus, change lens to something wider or convince he birds to fly along a path that I'm already focused on.