Bird Watching: Warbler Sightings, 1 by linthicum

linthicum wrote:
Thanks, everyone ..... I think most of the warblers have passed through my area as of this date.

Birdie Blue, the photos on this thread were taken with a Nikon D200 and a Sigma 50-500mm lens. I use this combination most of the time because this lens gives me the focal length that I need and I can handle it without a tripod.

I also have a Nikkor 500mm lens which will produce a sharper image but it's not a carry-around lens and requires the use of a tripod. If I had to use a tripod, I wouldn't get 25% of the photos that I do. I often add a 1.4x teleconverter to the Nikkor 500mm lens to give me 700mm. Not that the type of camera isn't important but it is the quality of the lens that ultimately provides the sharper images.

Here is a Yellow-rumped Warbler ......