Quote Nirofo ... "For the flight shots I work with the lens one stop down, for the melee shots I go for depth of field in order to have more birds sharp in the frame, all on aperture priority!"
Thank you Nirofo. Shooting flight with the lens one stop down is useful to know. I lost interest in melee and feeding behaviour a few years ago and have found flight locations at or just below eye-level ... here's a link to some clips of vulture flight ...
http://www.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/votacio...?idVideo=15073