2. 250 mm is barely a telephoto if you're chasing birds. It is also irritatingly slow. That same 250 mm has to be stopped down to f/8 to take anything approaching sharp. It also needs to be within about 10 feet and take up at least 1/4 of the view for focus to be less hit or miss. In other words it isn't as useful as it could be.
100% crop
4. A dedicated flash is completely worth it to photograph bugs. A ring macro flash might have been better, but I can't bounce that off the ceiling.
5. Keep taking photos until the critter leaves. This isn't film. I don't need to hoard my film, or pay for processing. If I take 100 photos of something so be it. I should easily get 5 I love and 20 use able photos from that type of burst. The ratio should be even better if the critter doesn't move much.
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