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Weekends are crowded. The light in the boardwalk area is tricky, shade and bright sun or sun or shade only. You will get tired hand holding a 500 and swinging it up and chasing the quick movers in the canopy often over your head.
Outside the boardwalk entrance area can offer great opportunities, better light, tripods are usually set up there not in and on the boardwalk area. More shots will be close than far and at times MFD can be a problem with the 500 or 400.
There are spotters along the way that often will help show you where certain birds are being seen, you will find guides with laser pointers at times showing folks where birds are that can be helpful to you. They are small birds, they move fast!
Early morning shooting on outside perimeters gives best light. As sun comes up the boardwalk inner area gets light. Consider flash use too if you are comfortable with it. Nice fill from any shadowing leaves or in shaded areas.
have fun, it can be warm in on the boardwalk out of the breeze but very cool as you are on the Lake when exposed to the wind and open area, it has been a very very cool Spring so far, growth of foliage has been slow but at your dates will be more an issue.
Eagles nest in proximity of parking lot, old dead trees along lake offering Woodpecker shots, keep your eyes peeled and move around a lot! Stop and watch in the lower areas for movement, lots of little birds working low to find.
If I had to pick a 'Magee' lens for Canon I would say the 400 DO would be excellent, compact, lightweight, fast and IS.
Karl
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