My quick one with darktable:
darktable sidecar: _PIC1975.NEF_bill.xmp (6.8 KB)
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Hand holding or mono-poding a 600mm is like shooting a rifle at long range. I exhale slowly and squeeze, slowly and gently.
Birding guides typically carry a tripod with spotting scope attached, with DSLR and 600mm lens hanging on a shoulder strap. If said camera is set to rapid fire each time the shutter is pressed a barrage of 6 or more photos is produced for each press. Of which one or two might be in sharp focus. If ISO is high enough.
Shooting (photographing) birds in flight is like swinging a shotgun (I don’t anymore but I once did). Relax your arms arms, exhale, swing. Shoot. Never ever pause. Once the swing starts keep it moving until you click!
For this one I had to raise camera and monopod together, and swing them both.
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Thank you for detailed explanation and example 
In the market for a shotgun then, 2-train-me-swing
then gonna bump the izo, carry oil proxpector and
barrage in the exhalin’ like there is no milk, hopefully
get a bit sharper 
inchalah maria magdalena 
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Revival with RT 5.10-rc1
_PIC1975.jpg.out.pp3 (14.3 KB)
The photographer is seen with the sun over a hillside.
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_PIC1975.NEF.xmp (10.8 KB)
_PIC1975-1.jpg.out.pp3 (13,9 KB)
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Nice find, @HIRAM.
Here’s my own play with RT. Edit: Ugh, this turned out too dark against the white surround, so, I’ve brightened and replaced it.
_PIC1975.NEF.pp3 (18.2 KB)
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_PIC1975.NEF.xmp (18.1 KB)
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