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What a beautiful shot! I thought Mockingbird at first because of the tail and stance, then no due to the spots etc. Have never seen a hatch year I guess. Learn something new every day!

I figure only those making money with those photos need to worry about filling the frame. All that nice software would go to waste if we could only take the perfect shots. I have an old Canon PowerShot S2IS and manage to get some credible shots at our feeders and such. Some even do fill that magic amount of frame Ok so this one does not ...

I just saw this lovely little bird this morning for the first time. I live in east North Carolina in an area of woods and fields with occasional swampy areas. Looking at my copy of Smithsonian Birds of North America it sure looks a lot like a Prothonotary Warbler except the beak is not black

I store all of mine on my computer under a Bird file. From time to time I burn a DVD for backup. I post the best to Webshots.com. and some of them on this site (not nearly as easy to upload here as on Webshots) I also back up to my husband's PC about once a month over our network. I had a hard drive quit a few years ago and lost a month of data ...

Most birds love black sunflower seed which is fairly economical and not bad about sprouting. I use it, a songbird mix I buy at Sams Club, and suet cakes along with sugar water for hummingbirds. I get the most visits at the tube feeder but have steady visits to the barn type feeders. Woodpeckers love the suet cakes and I have a dozen or more ...

Whew am I glad I found this as I was feeling particularly mmmm dense.

I can't afford a DSLR much less those huge fancy lenses but my dependable ole Canon Powershot S2IS with it's 12X zoom and Image Stablizer takes some pretty darn clear shots and movies. One of these days I may get to shoot with the big guys though http://thumb12.webshots.net/t/58/558/8/77/14/2669877140074044252ntREEH_th.jpg    

I have learned lately that if I can't identify it, it's gonna be a female something. My latest two have been a female painted bunting and a female blue grosbeak, neither of which are colored at all like the males

Our Walmart and Lowes in east NC carry safflower by itself.