New to the forum and I am a Retriever Trainer by trade with a "Hobby" of trying to take pictures. I've got a few questions if someone with a little more experience could help me out. I'm looking a lens for wildlife photography, primarily for Waterfowl (flying and swimming) as well as dogs working in the field and water. Most distances are going to be between 20-75 yds. My budget is around $1k and my local shop has two lenses within my budget. One is the Nikon AF Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR and the other is a Nikon 80-200 f/2.8 AF-D. I'm currently shooting a D80 until I can find a D7000 in stock somewhere. With those two choices of lens which would you suggest or if you have another suggestion what would that be. Thanks for your time and I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.

Doug