What Daniel means is that close up birds and animals usually make a better image if the focus is on the nearest eye, even if the whole body is not in focus. What you will get in focus (depth of field) depends on how close you are to the subject and the aperture the lens is using. I'll confess to knowing nothing about bridge cameras but this is a good excuse for you to learn how your camera really works and how you can make it do what you want it to do, rather than what it thinks you want to do. Just don't try to learn everything all at once - take it one step at a time, get out there and practice. If your camera has focus points and you can select which one to use, that's the way to tackle this type of subject.