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I would remove the partially captured bird in the second and I think you have a fine image. Good color, focus, feather detail and exposure. I get close to birds in Florida at several popular and accessible sites where the birds are plentiful and less skittish. BIF is a whole other challenge requiring anticipation, opportunity, fine auto-focus tracking, bursts of images, faster cards, and careful attention to whites and underlie bottoms of the bird. I don't think super reach is as necessary and the longer lenses are even harder to use for BIF
Shorebirds, preserves, possibly some zoos for practice, ducks in a pond might all give you practice and some chances for good shots
Maybe look at birdphotographer.net, Artie Morris' site for locations near you popular with bird photographers
I don't know where you live but there is a large contingent of FMers shooting birds in Calif that might direct you to top locations
And post here
Scott
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