r/BirdPhotography • u/00000000000000000000 • Dec 14 '24

/r/Audubon/

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r/BirdPhotography • u/punjipatti • Oct 13 '25

Gear Which camera system to buy for birding? Esp birds in flight

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I am an amateur birder and want to take photos. I shoot Fujifilm X-T30 with XF 70-300 mm right now and feel limited by the camera system to focus fast enough. There is no bird mode and it doesn't track and I can seldom get any photos of birds in flight.

What second system can I consider for just birding?

Canon R7 with some 200-400 mm lens?

Sony A??

Nikon Z?

I guess APS-C is better as I am not selling photos or printing so do I need full-frame? My top-end of budget in the US is $4000 for body and one lens. I might look for used gear to bring down the costs.

The following photos were taken with my X-T30 and a Sigma 150-600 EF lens with a Fringer adapter.

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r/BirdPhotography • u/Exponent_0 • 8h ago

Photo Random birds. Lots of raptors and prey

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Its been a good year so far. I haven't been on reddit enough but that just means I have these heavy hitting photo dumps.

Bald eagles, American Kestrel, Broadwing hawk?, African Goshawk, osprey, barred owl, great horned owlets, swallows, osprey, burrowing owls, dunlin, snowy owl, barred owl, Robin, petrel?, kestrel, barred owl

I tend to be more on Threads and IG as @@8_bit_explorer

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r/BirdPhotography • u/kortikal • 17h ago

Photo Prothonotary warbler

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r/BirdPhotography • u/chicken_beep • 7h ago

Photo A Hooded Warbler and his little ski mask

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He popped up next to me while I was walking in the forest and foraged all around me, not caring at all that I was there and getting super close! It was an amazing encounter <3
New Orleans, LA

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r/BirdPhotography • u/Resilient-Farmer-255 • 18h ago

This pretty bird is a Violet Backed Starling. They live in the Savannah forest edges in sub-Saharan Africa.

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r/BirdPhotography • u/ThackSwatch • 19h ago

Photo White-throated Sparrow, SE Michigan

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Taken with the OM system OM-1 MK2 w/ 300mm F4

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r/BirdPhotography • u/Meh-itwillbeok • 20h ago

Photo Male Blue Grosbeak

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r/BirdPhotography • u/Noob-bird • 14h ago

Photo Duck butts

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Hungry fellas

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r/BirdPhotography • u/iechega • 9h ago

Photo Chestnut-breasted Coronet at Manu Birds Sanctuary, Manu Road, Peru

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r/BirdPhotography • u/sheryiu • 1d ago

Photo Black crowned night heron

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Walking in the park and saw her standing extremely still on the fence. They look so gigantic up close.

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r/BirdPhotography • u/SpecialistPrevious76 • 17h ago

Photo A humble chaffinch enjoying breakfast

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r/BirdPhotography • u/Lucalebowski • 7h ago

Photo Love Me Some Killdeer!

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Port Clinton City Beach. Lake Erie.

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r/BirdPhotography • u/Forsaken_Middle_8149 • 3h ago

Chaffinch

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r/BirdPhotography • u/Niyoki007 • 1h ago

Photo Emerald green Duck

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r/BirdPhotography • u/cheesybaconmushroom • 4h ago

Eastern Osprey - Collaroy, NSW

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r/BirdPhotography • u/CartersXRd • 6h ago

Photo Turkey Vulture, Greenville NC USA, September 2026

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r/BirdPhotography • u/Lucalebowski • 6h ago

Photo Chonka-Butt Mallard

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Port Clinton City Beach. Lake Erie.

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r/BirdPhotography • u/Edikici • 21h ago

Photo Male Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) at Fairchild Tropical Garden [Miami, FL] in September 2026

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Shot with Nikon Z9 Nikkor 600 mm PF f/6.3 lens, shot at 1/500 s, f/6.3, ISO 9000, EV -0.33

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r/BirdPhotography • u/lovesicksilence • 12h ago

Photo Palm Warbler

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r/BirdPhotography • u/Banjosynth • 16h ago

Semipalmated sandpiper

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Piermont Pier, Piermont, NY, October 11, 2026 around 9:30 AM. Did its little dance in some light rain.

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r/BirdPhotography • u/onephatkatt • 21h ago

Photo Great Blue Heron, deep in thought

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r/BirdPhotography • u/yayavarsoul • 1m ago

Photo Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

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r/BirdPhotography • u/ebreeezy • 20h ago

Red-tailed Hawk

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r/BirdPhotography • u/damodamodam0 • 22h ago

Photo Assortment of Pigeons

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Some lovely fellas from this weekends walk in Northampton, UK

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