I wonder what effect the missing portion of the wing has on it's flight?

Very, very nice. Good eye.

Love it.

Lumix DMC FX-1000 B&H used $589 slight scuff marks to $639 Condition 10, like new.

Good composition is like pornography, I may not be able to define it but I know it when I see it. Also it may require a bit of whittling of the original frame to achieve the desired result.

Nikon D500 Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens, shutter speed usually 1250-3200, f5,6, ISO auto.

The 18-300 mm VR DX is my favorite go to lens and is rarely off the camera, great for landscape but with the length for moderate wildlife shots.

Thanks, I used to make calendars from family shots years ago. Perhaps a bird calendar would be in order.

Thank you.

I'm with you, thank you.

Thank you

Thank you, it was an exciting experience I was able to share with my wildlife biologist son.

I agree wholeheartedly. Thank you.

I recently spent two days photographing birds at Laguna Seca ranch near Edinburg Texas. Disclosure, attractants were used. Meatballs at the rapture blind and bird seed and a bit of suet here and there at the songbird blinds. Also some of the songbird perches were human enhanced. One exception was the drinking Caracara which was taken at a songbird blind where no raptor "lure" was present. When I was hunting I would never consider doing so over or near bait, no corn feeders nothing. The animals subsisted on what mother nature provided. However in this case I went with the adage, no harm, no foul. Most of the raptors played hard to get but the Caracaras arrived en masse. The series contains three birds that in the USA are found only in south Texas, the Green Jay, the Long Billed Thrasher and the Masked Oriole, which in this case is a female without the mask. Also there is a Painted Bunting and a pair of Curved Bill Thrashers.

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Peak Design Sling Strap along with a Cotton Carrier Sling Belt, $89.00 at B&H. The Cotton Carrier locking hub attaches to the tripod socket. I don't know if I would want the tripod socket to support all the weight of that rig but the strap takes weight off of it and the Cotton Carrier sling belt takes weight off your neck and shoulder.
An added advantage is that it is secured and both of your hands are free. I have the same lens and the same rig and at 84 I'm not the mountain goat I was 30 years ago and I appreciate having a hand available for a walking stick.