Daily pics: 30 January

Great Cormorant (subadult)

Raven on top of an 80 foot spruce tree, Anchorage, Alaska. They are the largest of the Corvidae family, which includes the Jays, Magpies, and Crows.

Great shots guys!

How exciting to see a cormorant Resin! I have seen them on the river here in Kingsport and would love to get a photo some time. (which will mean venturing out of the yard lol.)

Grasmussen, as always a wonderful clear photo. Ravens certainly are impressive to see. I am going to take your suggestion and try to arrange some branches near the feeders for the birds to perch on. I think that is a great idea as all my shots seem to show the same 2 or three feeders.

I don't have much to contribute today as it was another work day and again, the light is waning. I have added some raisins back to the almost empty tray feeder and the mockingbird is the first taker. I moved the other feeders closer to the window and the other birds haven't returned yet.

I will add my today's photos. This is a blustery, rainy day with heavy overcast. The birds are very jittery and I missed more than I got, as many times they left too soon.

1 of 6. Male Cardinal.

2 of 6.

3 of 6. Female Cardinal.

4 of 6. Blue Jay.

5 of 6. Another.

6 of 6. Classic Cardinal.

trois:
I just purchased a Photoshop Elements 5.0, and I've been playing with it. When I saw your last pic was a little hazy, I was curious to see what would happen to the haze, if I ran your shot through the auto smart fix program. This is the result.

Is that the program you used when you merged two photos in another thread?

I suspect there is a difference in our monitor settings. I lost almost all foot detail in the one you provided. I will check it out.

Nice program Grasm. My DH is always looking for tweak programs, I will tell him about it.

thats amazing that it just clears it up like that. nice. good picture to work with, you can see every little feather on his head.

lilyfantan: No, I merged the Nuthatch pic i posted using HP image zone. But, I was able to improve it with some really neat touch up feature's in Photoshop 5. Still haven't tried the merge features in Photoshop, only been using it for two days.

trois: It might be the monitors, because there is much improved detail on what I am seeing. I'm using HP's 21" monitor, so I am seeing a lot of detail. But, even with the two thumbnails next to each other above, there is a significant improvement.

The program can turn a very good shot into an excellent one, as far as details are concerned. However, a seriously blurred shot is hope less.

Great photos! I wish we had those blue jays here. I've never seen one. We just have the stellar and scrub. And maybe a gray, if you get into the woods.
Thanks for sharing!

Okay guys !

I wish to see something more exiting, the my usual birds, but till spring , that will have to do.

At least I know , that much about him.: It is HE and he is claiming this territory and me as the food supplier of with it.
We both agreed to the terms, which are:

Lots of peanuts (crownuts, as I call them)
some amount of zupreem monkey chow
dog food always there ( I would prefer cat food , as being closest one to birds digestive/nutrisions/ratio goes, but is more expansive)
and some wax/meal worms in baby season

In return I get to make pics of him and his flock
they will come, when called upon, if they are off the site
I get introduced to more of his relatives
they will fallow me around the neighborhood and to the park
If I m coming home from whatever, they will come and sit around (see the peanuts miracle???) LOL

Well there is more to that story then that...but wanna make it short

Gonna be beautiful day everybody, I wish that upon all !

Birdscrazy, love that silhouette type photo!! And I'd love to hear more of the story - made me smile big time!! It's supposed to be beautiful here as well and it looks like ti might happen - the fog is burning off early! I might even have a little garden time at some point.

The improved picture was much darker and lost most detail. I am using a Sony 19 inch LCD monitor. Strange.

The cedar waxwings arrived a few days ago to harvest the pyracantha berries.
I love all the photos!

Nice pic Sac!

Stunning picutres ! One of the Cardnials made Photot of the day ! Congratulations ! Thanks for sharing :))
Allison

Gee, I wish I had taken that Cardinal "picture of the day", but I see that I was wrong in thinking so.

Many of yours could have, though, Trois!

I was being sarcastic. I did take that one.
I don't do sarcasm well. Sorry.

Thanks, Murmur.

LOL - you got me, Trois! I didn't even look at the pic . . . just jumped in.

LOL!

beautiful shots everyone