Just so you understand... if money were no object, I would take this camera:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1351688-REG/nikon_d850_dslr_camera_body.html
and this lens
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=800mm%20nikon&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=
which would come in at $19,600 US... at that point I would probably try to strike a deal and get free shipping!
If money were really and truly no object I could easily spend more! That lens is not really all that great, I could find better glass than that. The funny thing is, my photography would go downhill for a while. It takes special skills to get the most out of high-megapixel cameras and I would get a lot of blurry shots until I learned to handle the new gear!
This might make an interesting thread for photographers: if you were cosmically-rich, like Bond-villain or Saudi-Prince rich (same thing really, right?) If you were that rich, what camera would you buy? For birds I mean...
haha! oh my gosh I don't know anything about cameras or photography so I had no idea they could be so much money! wow and that was nowhere near the very best huh?!
Well, it's getting near the top of what a pro might pay, but if you had money to burn you could always find a way!
I agree, that would be fun too!