I'm new to web (and graphic) design and was curious of some pros opinion.

First, is fireworks sufficient enough program to produce a quality or professional logo?

Second, I don't have prior experience with Flash, but wanted to know would a beginner have trouble created something like this.............

Sunrise background and a bird flying from behind the sun to the forefront?

Thanks for the input

For the birdie thing, shouldn't be too hard with flash.
also, try getting Photoshop. Its the top graphics tool on the market.

Macromedia's tools are quite good for professional web designers. They're not so hard to study so I think you should start now and hopefully you will be able to create your flash movie in the next two weeks.