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<p>Black Phoebe</p><div></div>

<p>Just got back from a trip to Wisconsin. I was very lucky to run into this group of juvenile Whooping Cranes, an endangered species, that were released from captivity recently. The Whoopers are white with cinnamon markings. They were raised from hatchlings through the spring and summer by keepers costumed as birds so that they could be released into Horicon Marsh in Wisconsin. The hope is that they will accompany adult Whooping Cranes on migration into the southern United States in a few weeks. When I saw them they were with Sandhill Cranes. Following the Sandhills is another option. The birds are monitored using VHF and satellite telemetry.</p><div></div>

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<p>Here is an immature female Vermilion Flycatcher. It's hatch year for this one.</p><div></div>

<p>Here's a Yellow Warbler. The warblers are moving through in the fall migration right now.</p><div></div>

<p>Ok, Scott, try this. I don't use Flickr to link photos, but I do have an account there and tried it and it worked for me. You can try it in the Test Postings Forum like I did first. There are probably several ways to do it, but this is what I did:<br /> 1. Open your photo in Flickr<br /> 2. Go to the "More ways to share.." icon at the bottom towards the right side. It looks like a box with an arrow coming out.<br /> 3. Click on the "Grab the HTML/BBC code" option and activate the HTML aspect of the option<br /> 4. Select an image size that meets the criteria for posting, ie, max 700 pixels on any side<br /> 5. Highlight the HTML text in the box and right click and copy it<br /> 6. Go to your submittal language box for the Test Postings Forum or Nature Forum<br /> 7. Look at the row of icons above the text of your submittal to the forum and click on the far right icon, "Edit HTML Source"<br /> 8. Paste the HTML text for your image below your text language in the HTML editor box that opens<br /> 9. Click "update" to close the editing box<br /> 10. Your image should now appear in your draft message<br /> 11. Now in the "Test Postings Forum" you click "Post" and you are done.</p>

<p>I shot this one from a couple of hundred yards and used a 2x teleconverter on my 400 5.6L. This is a Blue-footed Booby, an ABA code 4 rarity for where I found it. I was really pleased to record the visit of this juvenile to the Southern California area.</p><div></div>

<p>This is a young Little Blue Heron. They turn a beautiful shade of blue when they reach adulthood.</p><div></div>

<p>This question should be posted on the Photo.net Site Help Forum [it's now been moved here - Mod]. However, I think there have been some hitches. I never received mine either after I renewed in August of 2012. I contacted site administration twice about the issue and there was never a response with a resolution. I thought I signed up for the hard copy version, before the digital was offered. In any case, never got the hard copy and tried to access the digital subscription through the subscription service they use, and I wasn't authorized.</p>

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<p>Enjoy seeing all the colorful, inspiring images. Long-billed Dowitcher</p><div></div>

<p>I find the websites for the local Audubon societies have a lot of information about good places to bird in the area. Check out these links<br /> <a href="http://www.marinaudubon.org/birds-locations.php">http://www.marinaudubon.org/birds-locations.php</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/field-trips/upcoming-field-trips-2012/">http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/field-trips/upcoming-field-trips-2012/</a><br>

<br /> Also, you can investigate ebird reports on this link. Just put in the bird you want to see for the species (ie, Great Blue Heron) and the location (San Francisco or?). When you get the map, just click on the bubbles for a listing of the checklists of birds found in that location. The places with more checklists and more birds reported are the better places to bird.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/map/grbher3?neg=true&env.minX=-122.64616857299808&env.minY=37.68358150604354&env.maxX=-122.22903142700198&env.maxY=37.83178412542888&zh=true&gp=false&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=1900-2013&byr=1900&eyr=2013">http://ebird.org/ebird/map/grbher3?neg=true&env.minX=-122.64616857299808&env.minY=37.68358150604354&env.maxX=-122.22903142700198&env.maxY=37.83178412542888&zh=true&gp=false&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=1900-2013&byr=1900&eyr=2013</a></p>

<p>I'm sure you are familiar with these issues, but for the benefit of others reading this post, I would second what Darron said. Many printhouses give you the option of letting them adjust the settings or keeping the ones you have set in your software. If you allow them to adjust, then darkness is usually not an issue. If you say to use your settings, then you have to be very careful. Typically monitors are set too bright in the factory, resulting in a print that is too dark. Monitor calibration is a key issue. A properly calibrated monitor appears very dark generally to the viewer. </p>

<p>This is a juvenile White-faced Ibis I found in Orange County with a Long-billed Dowitcher in the background. Yes, I know he doesn’t have a white face. They carry that plumage once they become adult, only during the breeding season. And even then only a small part of the face bordering the edge of the bill is white.</p><div></div>

<p>Black Phoebe</p><div></div>

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<p>White-crowned Sparrow</p><div></div>