Got out for about an hour... time to try out the new camera :)

[Joe G]

Well, it was pretty nice out so I figured I'd hit a park where there used to be a pond (back in the 40's). I found a map that shows exactly where it was. I've found some wheaties there before but I really haven't hunted it that much. Now that my machine is working well, I figured I'd give it a shot. Found 2 wheaties a Merc and a neat Bobcat pin. Didn't bother to set up the lights or use a tripod for this shot and it still came out pretty good..
<img src=http://render2.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6aQQ%7C%3Dup6%3DzqH%3AxxqUD7qRUrKxzX7BHpUUKxgXP0J%3F87KR6xqpxQQ0nxaJexelexv8uOc5xQQQonnJellPGeqpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6gXP0J%7CRup6l0P%7C/of=50,561,443>

Took this next shot through the back sliding glass door from about 20 ft away. The neat thing about this camera is that it has a 12X optical zoom which is equivilent to a 400mm or so lens. Pretty cool.

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[steve in so la]

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[Paul (AR)]

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[MI$$OURI BETTY]

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[superheat]

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[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

Congrats on the silver and the rest of the goodies! Nice pics too!

 

[Anonymous]

Think you can put alittle more food out for them to eat

 

[Mike Chgo area]

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[Joe G]

Let me tell you, the birds and the squirrels know where to go around here. There WAS a lot of food there

We had one squirrel who practically knocked on the back door so we'd feed him. Vicky used to feed one by hand. There was another called her Vanessa Van Gogh 'cause she had one ear. Here's the squirrel page:

http://www.jgnfriends.com/Pondgard/GARDEN/Squirrels.html

Used to get a lot pigeons too until Vicky changed the type of mix she was putting out... or maybe it was the Cooper's hawk that took one off the deck leaving just a couple of feathers (while Vicky was on the phone looking out the back window)

 

[trump]

Nice finds and your camera takes nice pics.

 

[VT Dave]

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