Good advice above. I'd add that you will find, in practice, that you get more of a burst than the specs indicate out of the 30D. (Well, I have 20Ds, but they are similar.) Every time you take your finger off the shutter for even a few moments to recompose or allow the autofocus to have another crack at getting things right, or for whatever reason while you are shooting a burst, the camera keeps on busily writing to the flash card and makes room for another shot or two or three in the buffer. It all helps, and in practice you will usually get quite a bit more than you expect.
Of course, it helps if you anticipate the full buffer condition and try to always keep at least one or two shots "up your sleeve", just in case the bird does something extra special. But you've owned a 10D for ages now, so doubtless you have figured this out for yourself long since ...
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