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Greetings smugmugers. Alas, this shot looked fantastic on my camera's LED screen, but isn't as sharp as I would like. I have a lot that aren't quite as crisp focus as I would hope for. Maybe it's time to upgrade to a full sensor camera...6.30.11

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Grackle. These are really ominous-looking birds...

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At last, I got a fairly-decent shot of this woodpecker. He has been flashing me for about a month.

You know it's cold outside when you see ice on a bird's tail feathers. See the backside of this mockingbird in my daily photos album.

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Another shot of blue heron up in a tree grooming himself.

Something a little different.

Bald eagle at Modoc, Illinois roosting in tall trees about half a mile from the Mississippi River on January 30, 2011. The trees were full of them, but they weren't fly over the river which is what I really wanted to see. Maybe next time...

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That's snow on the tree and ground. We had about 3 inches last night. All the little peckers were out looking for food. Man, is it cold out!!

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My son and I had just had a conversation about aliens and I went out and took this photo. Maybe they don't look that strange... Two egrets sparing for territory, taken December 23, 2010.