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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 230096" data-attributes="member: 9240">If you're into birding then getting connected with your local Audubon Society is a great way to learn about where you can go both locally and throughout your state to see some great birds.&nbsp; If you're in the migratory paths of some species then Cornell Ornithology Labs maintains an email list that will send out sightings of birds rare to your particular area (<a href="http://ebird.org/content/ebird/" target="_blank">eBird</a>).&nbsp; I'm on lists for NJ and PA and have been watching daily hoping for a Snowy Owl to set up residency around here again this year (we had one 2 years ago that parked at a reservoir 10 minutes from the house - I went just about every day).&nbsp; For serious birding you need at least a 300mm, and if you can't go 300mm f/4 with a 1.7-2X then the Sigma 150-500mm is almost a must.&nbsp; The 12MP's of the D90 works fine, but from experience more MP's are a huge plus.&nbsp; I used a D7000 for two years before transitioning to a D600, which isn't a great birding camera, and went back and forth about a D7100 just for birding before deciding on a D800 which serves as a better all around camera for me.&nbsp; For birds I will often shoot in one of the cropped modes, if only to reduce file sizes since I'm going to be cropping 95% of them anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 230096, member: 9240"] If you're into birding then getting connected with your local Audubon Society is a great way to learn about where you can go both locally and throughout your state to see some great birds. If you're in the migratory paths of some species then Cornell Ornithology Labs maintains an email list that will send out sightings of birds rare to your particular area ([url=http://ebird.org/content/ebird/]eBird[/url]). I'm on lists for NJ and PA and have been watching daily hoping for a Snowy Owl to set up residency around here again this year (we had one 2 years ago that parked at a reservoir 10 minutes from the house - I went just about every day). For serious birding you need at least a 300mm, and if you can't go 300mm f/4 with a 1.7-2X then the Sigma 150-500mm is almost a must. The 12MP's of the D90 works fine, but from experience more MP's are a huge plus. I used a D7000 for two years before transitioning to a D600, which isn't a great birding camera, and went back and forth about a D7100 just for birding before deciding on a D800 which serves as a better all around camera for me. For birds I will often shoot in one of the cropped modes, if only to reduce file sizes since I'm going to be cropping 95% of them anyway. [/QUOTE]

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