Lisa,
The telephoto lens helps to keep the birds relaxed, plus you can stay further away and make less movements.

My wife also will stand and take 4 or 5 shots of the same scene, so I end up wading
through a ton of duplicate photos to find the jewels.
GPR
"Oh - your shots aren't too shabby either, GPR.

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Once in a while I do pretty good for a Bald headed, Deaf , Senile, Blind old fat man!
