Mike you have to admire those who can get perfect hand held telephoto shots. I've tried and binned more shots than I care to mention. I get the results I want with a tripod and I don't mind lugging it. On my local patch not too many opportunities for Birds in Flight shots.
I sometimes practice on the Black Headed Gulls when folk feed the wildfowl in the park.
My research and calculations basically show that camera shake is more apparent with crop cameras. A 5 pixel shake on full frame becomes an 8 pixel shake on a 1.6 crop camera. Therefore the perceived wisdom to use a higher shutter speed seems good advice.
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