Nice! Ya' gotta love that insulator! Kansas sure has some neat birding opportunities from what I've seen. I see no FL in the EXIF, so I assume these are the old 800 ED's images--very nice quality images you're getting here with whatever non-AF lens +D70 you're using. I'm still using one of those old 400/3.5's you mentioned,and really like it,still. I read your hints to egbert RE D200 and 200-400+TC 1.4--spot on help you gave him. Nice start Norman, and welcome to pbase! www/pbase.com/derrel