I can't tell you if you're wrong or right (although film canon means nothing to me as far as characerisation goes), but this is how I interpreted those scenes: The apple came back with a bite out of it, meaning that Draco had fixed the cabinet enough to transport an object.
The bird came back dead, meaning it still wasn't fixed enough to transport a living object without killing it.
Then, after that, he worked more on the cabinet and a live bird flew out, meaning he's finally worked out all the bugs and it was ready to go.
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Date: 2013-10-12 10:49 pm (UTC)The bird came back dead, meaning it still wasn't fixed enough to transport a living object without killing it.
Then, after that, he worked more on the cabinet and a live bird flew out, meaning he's finally worked out all the bugs and it was ready to go.