Gary Mueller says:

Hi Joan:

Your Nikon CoolPix P900 is a fine camera and should serve you well. I have learned it is not so much the camera as it is how one uses it. Allan Murphy has some valuable techniques in photographing birds. Here is a link to one of his YouTube videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeKEEUBMHyY

Allan also have a homepage with much more on bird photography.

I shoot with Olympus cameras and lenses but try to bring the birds in as close as possible before photographing them.

I enjoy seeing your flight pics. Keep up the good work.

Gary

Bob Vuxinic says:

If you don’t mind me butting in here; I only use a Panasonic point-and-shoot (FX150), and, like Gary, I’ve found that the key to good photos is getting close to the birds. I spend my time on devising ways to either get close to where birds will be, or to get the birds come close to where I will be (which is why you never see any birds-in-flight shots from me). It is VERY rare that I’ll shoot from more than 6 feet away from the birds. And, I must admit, that it is also a pain in the neck to work out ways to do that, but, for me, that’s part of the adventure of the challenge.