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Hello everyone! I haven't been on for awhile due to computer memory and hard drive problems. (On my 256 computer, actual memory requirement was 384 and at one point my hard drive was down to 1% free space due to having nearly 3500 pics)

Anyway, I thought I'd post some of my best pics of the year as a recap.

4/19/2008 I had put this orange out to try to attract a Baltimore Oriole, but instead attracted a male Red-Bellied Woodpecker.


4/13/2008 My first hummingbird of the year.


4/14/2008 Crows like BOSS too!

4/28/2008 Sitting pretty in my dogwood tree.



4/28/2008 A Blue Jay admiring my apple blossoms.


4/30/2008 rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Great photos obywan! Always three there are.....

Thanks Yoda! I mean Stevie:)

Very old I feel today, so Yoda I could be, yes!

U-u-use the fo-o-orce Yo-o-oda.

those are awesome terry!

love that woodpecker.

Thanks Jiffy and Sheri!

I don't waste a lot of time trying to "compose" shots of birds. They're too quick. Instead I take a bunch of pics. Most of them will suck, but a few will be great. I can just delete the ones that suck. I love my digital camera!!

That's how you do it! For every bird picture posted there are hundreds that are JUNK! This year, for Father's Day, my son got me a Canon EOS Rebel XSi camera with an EF 75-300mm zoom lense. He bought himself the Nikon D-80. He likes to do animal pictures at the zoo. I do bird and nature photography. My camera takes 30-50 pictures in a 10 second period. It's GREAT for action, flight, and Hummingbird shots. I have an 8-Gb card that holds about 1,400 pictures at a time. I can afford to take a lot of pictures! I just delete the junk ones and modify the rest and eliminate the worst of those, and further process the remaining ones. Finally, I have reduced 100 pics down to just 5-10 GOOD pics.

Mine are all junk..

dodge, yours are NOT all junk. Don't be telling stories on Christmas day. I take a bunch too then delete most of them.

Hey did you get my thank you on here yesterday for the lovely gift of framed cardinal..
Even Haley gave me 4 birds .One is a cardinal..LOL

Hope your day is peachy .

barb