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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 827084" data-attributes="member: 50197">I do bird photography when the insects aren't available, or the birds are just too interesting to ignore. I use the 200-500 Nikon adapted to one of my Z full frame bodies. It is an excellent lens for the money. Reasonably fast, very sharp, albeit a bit heavy, although that is the price you pay for long reach. One nice thing about the 200-500 is that on your D7500, it will effectively be a 300-750 and still a constant F5.6. That will be a substantial amount of reach. If you go for the 70-300, it will effectively be 105-450. That is adequate for birds, but will likely leave you wanting longer reach. The upside to the 70-300 is that it is smaller, lighter and easier to handle, as well as less expensive. The Nikon 200-500 F5.6 is currently (and often) on sale for $1060.</blockquote>