Starling? Who is this guy?

[Ingrid Gallagher]

[m r]

I,m novice birder here, upgrading iPhone, does zoom on iPhones get any birds up in trees, I know cameras are better but just getting others opinions.  Thanks

M Rafferty

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 12:31 PM Ingrid Gallagher <inggal...@gmail.com> wrote:

--
Group home page:
https://menotomybirdclub.com/
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arlington Birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to arlingtonbird...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/arlingtonbirds/CAJzy1xG8aojq8Ook6KoS38MpzYFuYVJKAimc3v40Bp8z7V8c%3DA%40mail.gmail.com.

[Steve Rothman]

I sometimes take pictures of birds using iPhone. The results aren’t as good as a real camera with a telephoto lens but on the other hand you can’t put that gear in your pants pocket!

Main thing that helps me, is to tap the bird on your phone’s screen when you’re getting ready to take the picture. This gets the phone to focus on the bird (not nearby branches, etc). 

I have an iPhone 16 Pro, it seems to do better with this kind of stuff than the regular 16, I assume the same is true for other models. 

--Steve

On Jan 19, 2026, at 1:41 PM, m r <alohabl...@gmail.com> wrote:



I,m novice birder here, upgrading iPhone, does zoom on iPhones get any birds up in trees, I know cameras are better but just getting others opinions.  Thanks

M Rafferty

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 12:31 PM Ingrid Gallagher <inggal...@gmail.com> wrote:

<EECC2BB6-001.JPG>

--
Group home page:
https://menotomybirdclub.com/
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arlington Birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to arlingtonbird...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/arlingtonbirds/CAJzy1xG8aojq8Ook6KoS38MpzYFuYVJKAimc3v40Bp8z7V8c%3DA%40mail.gmail.com.

--
Group home page:
https://menotomybirdclub.com/
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arlington Birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to arlingtonbird...@googlegroups.com.

To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/arlingtonbirds/CAGyb3-dKUPc8Xj3sGAr9u5K5%2BEASUeCnAiZQF9LgN_jUvBv6tA%40mail.gmail.com.