Hi Laura: It was a real pleasure to go through this album and see all your birds. I really enjoyed it! It is so difficult to get good photos as some species don't sit still enough. But when they do. the photos are worth it! Thank you and have a great day! Darlene in Ontario, Canada http://community.webshots.com/user/littledarlings were you can see wild birds, parrots, animals, flowers, nature, etc.

said littledarlings 2007.03.23 at 20:15:35 PDT

Have loved the album super pictures from your own backyard amazing!! It's a chilly English day and I have just got back from a long stroll along the beach invigorating, now thoroughly enjoying a browse of your lovely albums, thanks so much Jules.

said 21angus 2007.02.14 at 08:45:31 PST

So beautiful birds! Thanks and best wishes.

said kyvannguyen 2006.09.16 at 10:00:39 PDT

Hi Laura, I am amazed to see all the birds, so different from our birds over here in Finland, so much more colourful! Lovely to see bird shots, I couldn't make one, they are really great, congratulations, Merike

said lovejoy485 2006.04.10 at 01:25:23 PDT

Hello, Laura, I love your bird shots, esp. the hummers, they are so tiny and beautiful! Great album, my friend! - claudia

said gardenlady110 2006.04.01 at 12:23:47 PST

Some very nice birding shots. It seems alot of these are taken from your home, but some, like the eagles, vulture and osprey were taking while out hiking? Good shots all!

said elrique1 2006.02.18 at 08:12:28 PST

Hi Laura,I like this album very,very much.I don't have the time yet to take many photo's of birds.Because you have to be so patient sometimes.We have our daily visitors in our garden,like blackbirds,####,sparrows and robins,but we don't have hummingbirds!And they are so lovely.Thanks Henri.

said haneveercoremanssh... 2006.02.06 at 02:38:44 PST

<font color='blue' size='2'> Hi Laura, I love this album, there a lot of beautiful birds where you live! I think a need a good telelens, because when they see me, they're gone ;-) Your shots are great! Please come see my website sometime, where you can find more photos of me? Best regards, Tom from The Netherlands.</font> <font color='red' size='2'><center>www.tomjutte.tk </center></font>

said hereistom 2006.02.03 at 17:31:47 PST

Just view a couple of your albums & added you to my favorites. Looking forward to viewing more. Great work. Beautiful country. Jean in NC

said harri36 2006.02.03 at 07:11:40 PST

Hi Laura! I like the shots of the woodpeckers. Do they really make a racket when they are pecking? Catch you later mate. Hugs Al

said acehigh999 2006.01.20 at 01:57:28 PST

Great album, thanks for sharing! And I found the turtles :)

said cinc212 2005.12.01 at 11:28:33 PST

Oh Laura, your just the best...thanks for the congrats today on Look Out Below, but more than that, thank you for your support and friendship.

said sodapop90 2005.11.15 at 15:07:31 PST

Hi Laura! You want hummers in your garden! Certainly I want! But the spreading of bird flu is really worrying much! I used to place a bowl of bread in my balcony for the bird and pigeon families around my apartment, but now I have to stop this temporarily. I don't feel comfortable for this for all these birds are my friends, and they have been flying and hanging around my balcony to keep looking for their snacks. Truly, #97 is a masterpiece! Thank you dear friend! Cheers and Hugs! CS

said csfoto 2005.11.14 at 06:50:31 PST

Hi Laura. Have you added anything to this album or did you just move something. I'm getting the new signal but I'm sure I've seen it all before. Catch you later mate. Hugs Al..

said shortshooter 2005.11.14 at 00:26:57 PST

Had to download the cute little Hummer sitting on your rope. Thanks, Lynn

said 1seahag 2005.08.30 at 09:32:44 PDT

Hi Laura Just back "on stage" - has been some busy weeks.. and now I have to look at all my photos, see if I have some new ones to put out on Webshots. I just admire your bird-photos.. How do you manage to come so close to them ?? I will be back soon. EVA

said evaaase 2005.08.27 at 14:53:26 PDT

Hi Laura, Have you wondered where I have been? Busy in the yard with veggies coming now I am getting ready for family coming tomorrow and Monday. We will be here till Friday and then we all go to our Karen's for the Labor Day weekend. I cleaned all day yesterday awaiting Tina's call that she had landed but instead we got the call that they were delayed and instead of arriving in Ct. in order to go to her girlfriends for the weekend before coming here on Monday she said she would not be landing @ 4:45 but instead at 9:00 PM which later turned out to be 10:37. Thursday we had 4 big trees taken out from our front yard finally. They were supposed to be down in April. So we have been busy with cleanup for company. This album is so lovely with the birds. I am sure our bird traffic will be a little different with those trees out. I will have a webshots ready to go after Karen & Tina's shock of seeing it. We did not tell them so thus the surprise. When you see the pictures you will see why we had them out - big time rot. Well my friend you take care and maybe when I get on the computer again I'll have pictures however we are supposed to be getting a backlash from the present hurricane. Love-n-hugs, Janet

said uptonx 2005.08.27 at 10:49:39 PDT

Dear Laura, I deeply love all feathered friends! I admire their mighty power of seeing our messy world (or their beautiful nature) high from the sky. I admire their unbelievable power of migrating from the far North to the far South. I admire their incredible power of surviving in the heavy snow, then having a little bath in a little pond at the Equator. All of them are so gorgeous! Thank you so much for keep sharing your beautiful shots of the beautiful feathered friends. Big Big Big Hugs to You! Biggest Biggest Biggest Hugs to All Feathered Friends! CS

said csfoto 2005.08.25 at 18:18:42 PDT

Hi Laura, You really have some fabulous birds over there, What a huge variety, lots of them I've never seen other than in books. There are a few different ones here in my garden, but I'm not that good to get photos like these. Terrific album, shows them in all their glory. Love and Many hugs Chris and Jay

said speedo999 2005.08.25 at 06:32:34 PDT

hi Laura well you did it again what a beautiful album great shots of the humming birds and the finch. and your blue jays are diffrent then ours cederwaxing are just great must go before i get shut down again thanks for sharing keep up the good work your friend Jean

said jac707 2005.08.24 at 20:07:02 PDT

Hi Laura, managed a little spare time from teaching wildlife photography on the Farne Islands off the Northumberlnad coast and took a look at your new images. good shooting and nice to see the Ospreys, Bald eagles, and vultures too. All new farnes album http://community.webshots.com/album/42552384OCDEPB Enjoy and many thanks for sharing, Chris chris.edwards1955@btinter net.com

said silverstreak1955 2005.07.14 at 09:37:15 PDT

Laura, These bird pictures are amazing! We have most of the same birds up here in Washington but I can't seem to get them to hold still and smile for me long enough to get a picture. I looked at your other albums again and I want to go to Oregon...right now! It is a photographer's paradise, or at least your little corner of the state is. I would be honored to share what little I know about digital infrared photography. My email address is on my Webshots homepage over on the left where I talk a little about myself. Please drop me a line so I have an address to reply to. Have a good 4th of July holiday! Craig from Washington State

said cbclements 2005.07.02 at 23:10:01 PDT

Hi Laura! I'm so happy that you dropped Donna (deestra) like a hot potato and captured these beautiful bird photos for all of us to enjoy! I'm sure that Donna didn't really mind at all! She's a sweet lady! :-)) Thanks for the guestbook message in my Midwest Spring album. Although I took most of the photos included in the album, Bob did take some of them. We really enjoy our photographic trips to MBG and other places. We were taking so many identical photos that on a lot of our trips over to MBG we now carry walkie-talkies with us and go in our separate directions. But . . . we still get a lot of similar photos. We have learned a lot from each other the last few years. Thanks for your sweet comments and your albums are all so beautiful. Have a wonderful weekend. Sharon

said photoop23 2005.06.24 at 16:13:55 PDT

WOW, these photos are outstanding! Awesome quality! I have been trying to capture birds in my mom's garden and first of all I'm a bit of a novice in the camera department, but also the subject doesn't seem to stand still for too long....I will work on it and perservere as I see it paid off with your work! Stunning birds, and must be a joy to hear them sing every morning! All the best for this coming weekend. Warm blessings, amy

said kester110 2005.06.22 at 04:51:44 PDT

Ciao Laura. Thanks for your kind comments on my guestbook. This album is really fantastic, your additions wonderful. In your last guestbook you ask me about my town. My town is arounded from the Adda's river which marks the border of the province of Milan and the canal of the Martesana once navigable, for the trasnport in Milan the building materials. The Adda’s river Is our water source for our homes and other uses. Friendly. Renato

said renato26 2005.06.22 at 01:21:44 PDT

Dear Laura! Wow, what fantastic additions! The hummingbirds are simply beautiful...great captures my dear friend...viewed the whole album again as it is just so pleasing to the eye! Take care girl....hugs galore...Darlene

said briansbabe2 2005.06.21 at 11:46:44 PDT

Hi Laura - and thank you for all your greetings... I have been in the gardensenter today to ask the name of the small blue "roses" The name is Campanula, it is the same family as Bluebells.It is a one-year plant. Here we got blue ones and white ones, and they are very pritty. See You..We may be off for Denmark for a week or so. And of course I will bring my camera. Best wishes from EVA

said evaaase 2005.06.21 at 09:55:48 PDT

Dear Laura! I keep coming back, simply because I love all these beautiful birds SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! Thank you so much dear friend! BIG KISS AND BIG HUGS TO ALL THESE LOVELY BIRDS! CS

said csfoto 2005.06.21 at 07:17:45 PDT

Great work on the Hummers. If you stand at one of the feeders and put your finger out, they will stand on your finger while they feed. Great shots...Lorrie

said greenhorngrl 2005.06.20 at 04:11:06 PDT

Hi Laura. Like your other albums you've kept it interesting. I like the gold finches, the blue jays and the red winged black bird. Your wood ducks are much more colourful than our Aussie wood ducks. All the water birds are of course just fantastic. Thanks for sharing with me Laura. I have an album that I think you will like. It's in my shortshooter albums and I think it's called "Cockatoos and friends". It's something like that. Catch you later mate. Hugs and best wishes Al..

said acehigh999 2005.06.17 at 07:27:56 PDT

Hahaha! Dear Laura! You dropped Donna like a hot potato ... I hope the hot potato didn't become smashed potato (I love smashed potato)! But for me, if I could see a beautiful bird arrived at my kitchen window while I was getting a fresh egg to prepare for my breakfast, I might simply drop the egg and dashed for my camera too! Beautiful birds are rare in a concrete jungle. I can only enjoy watching birds in the birds park or conservatory. I admire all people who can have easy access to see beautiful birds in their natural environment. Congratulations to you! The cover photo is definitely a masterpiece! Humming bird is my uniqiue favourite, I admire the striking power of its tiny wings! Dear Friend! Thank you very much for accepting me as one of your favourite members. I totally agree with you for the number of favourite members is hardly enough and is so precious! Thank you so much for enjoying my B&Ws! One thing I have to tell you, and is hard to believe such a conincidence (this is truly a wonderful world)! I'm right in the process of preparing some new B&W photos for re-arranging my B&W albums. I love selecting good photos to convert them to some inspiring B&W photos. Using Photoshop to make funny effects on some of my photos is my another favourite enjoyment, but I'm still not an expert on Photoshop. Dear Laura, I'm very happy to exchange some of our photography experience with you, on taking the shots or having fun with the photos afterwards. Hehehe! I see we have to stop for a rest, we can continue our never ending chats later. See You! Please keep watching Fred's nice family, as I want to see their beautiful babies growing up happily, through your great photos! Best Wishes and Happiest Smiles to You! CS :>

said csfoto 2005.06.16 at 22:50:50 PDT

Hi Laura! This is a great collection of feathered friends! You've done a terrific job of capturing all these beauties. We live in town so we don't get all the variety you do. Lucky you! Thanks for sharing! Jane

said peonierose 2005.06.14 at 21:07:22 PDT

We share all the same birds here in Wyoming. Great additions. Love the Waxwings, Robins and Nuthatch's. You really have some super shots here. Lorrie

said greenhorngrl 2005.05.15 at 16:05:09 PDT

Hi Laura, Just caught your email and appreciate your comments on my new site. You asked about the Tea shop, catch it on www.savoure.com. A really nifty place, good eats too. Thanks again for all. Ron/Oregon Coast

said rboise 2005.05.09 at 16:52:10 PDT

Hi Laura, Pleasure getting a note from you and I can see that you're busy, hard to catch up, but I'm not worried about it. Saw Weezie's site, got your stuff on her site, nice of her, as is this album of 'fine feathered friends'. I must note what you have against what we have on the coast. We're close, but we don't have turkey's close enough to capture via camera. On trips, I take both cameras, just in case one runs out of something. Appreciate your note. Say hello to all. Do visit the TEA shop up north, t'is worth going back a second and third time too!! Best regards and thanks for the many showings lately. Ron

said rboise 2005.05.08 at 15:50:36 PDT

Hi Laura! Great additions! Just keep them birds landing in this beautiful album....really enjoy looking at them and you have some really great shots! Birds don't like me...(please keep this to yourself, its very discouraging...lmao)..i'm just not at the right place at the right time it seems...all i get are feather blurs...hehehe...glad you're so good at it...thanks for sharing my dear friend...keep in touch...love and hugs...Dar

said briansbabe2 2005.05.07 at 19:56:32 PDT

hi Laura wow your collection of bird are getting bigger and bigger and a good variety . they are so beautiful love your new addition thanks for sharing keep it up love your work your friend jean

said jac707 2005.05.07 at 19:34:17 PDT

Hi laura what a nice collections of birds you have there that comes to visit you, what a variety of colors your blue jay is diffrent then the the one we have here very beautiful. glad you got pictures of the wild turkey i saw one last week but could get him as he was hiding behind a tree and he wouldnt come out.did you mallards come back to nest? they are so pretty , well our birds are late this year except the robin there is so many of them this year our goldfinch are back,and do love those cedar waxing but like you said they are shy birds, the chicadees they stay all winter dont know how they survive but they do, well thanks for sharing this awesome album with us see ya jean

said jac707 2005.04.28 at 08:24:45 PDT

Laura this album just grows and grows with delicate beauty (I don't Look at the vultures !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL They make me feel sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL)They really give me the heebie geebies :0)!I adore your American Goldfinch such a cute wee bird also the Blue Jays....their colouring is exquisite!Also they are such handsome looking birds aren't they? Keep up this amazing work sweet Laura it is just the best!Love and hugs from New Zealand -Lynne

said lynne294 2005.04.28 at 04:23:39 PDT

Ciao Laura. It's the first time I see this album, but it's wonderful! I loved all the photos. With friendship - Renato -Italy.

said renato26 2005.04.27 at 09:32:05 PDT

Hi Laura, My goodness...eagles..osprey ..vultures?!? You have them all. I loved all the photos, but I am worried about Fred and Ethel and all of the little Mertz's. How are they doing? I hope the big guys can find enough food elsewhere and leave all the Mertz's alone. Great photos girlfriend. I always enjoy your new photos and your sweet comments in my albums. Gardening has come to a standstill here as we are in some cold front from Canada and will be for the next week. I had to bring in my tomato plants and the flowers that I hadn't planted yet. It's so cold we had to turn the heat back on and I hate that. I was sooo enjoying the open windows and airing out the winter funk...lol. Take care Laura and keep on clicking. Love 'n' Hugs. Donna

said deestea 2005.04.23 at 16:56:16 PDT

Hi Laura! I discovered you while writing to Anna O. This bird album of yours is wonderful, you have an incredible amount of different birds. My Fav's:--&gt;Humming Birds,Cedar Waxwings,Fanning tail feathers,Fluffed Up,Robin(always our promise of spring)your Geese almost look like ours, (see my newest album)ours have such black heads you can hardly see their eyes)I think the wild turkeys are so comical! The Goldfinch are lovely. Nice to visit you -- Barb/Chicago

said chara11 2005.04.22 at 09:19:08 PDT

Hi Laura! The goldfinch are so beautiful! What great captures!! Thanks for sharing with us...take care my friend..Darlene

said briansbabe2 2005.04.21 at 20:29:12 PDT

WHAT DARLING PICTURES OF YOUR BIRDS. I LOVE THE WAY YOU HAVE GOTTEN THERE PICTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE BIRDS. COULD YOU EMAIL ME & TELL ME IF YOU ARE USING A DIGIDAL CAMERA OR REGULAR & IF IT HAS A ZOOM? I AM TRYING SO HARD BUT I CANNOT MAKE IT IN TIME TO GET THE PERFECT PICTURE. THIS IS SO MUCH FUN! THANK YOU AGAIN.. BRENDA

said bsjbrenda 2005.03.29 at 07:44:06 PST

Ciao dear Laura!This is really a superb album!Another masterpiece!!This album is just precious!!What a wonderful and breathtaking collection!!These photos are absolutely amazing!I love the way you've captured these various, outstanding photographs of the birds!Each and every picture is so singular and the colours breathtaking!!You are an artist in photography!!! I have thoroughly enjoyed viewing your album!My sincere compliments!Thank you very much for sharing your amazing work!!Ciao dear friend Laura!God Bless!I wish you a happy week end!Friendly regards and a big hug!With friendship and liking:-))Caterina

said ambra2000 2005.03.19 at 06:32:44 PST

Beautiful birds and the flowers are wonderful too. What a lovely album and what lovely photos. Thanks for sharing them Maggi

said ladymaggic 2005.03.18 at 01:39:13 PST

Dear Laura, You have added many new feathered friends. I love the shots of the wild turkeys and especially the one balanced on the fence like an acrobat, lol. Great shots! I wanted to let you know that I am not renewing my premium membership on redriverocks and can only have 10 favorites there, so I moved you (as a favorite) over to my canary site. That way I can still come visit your albums and see when you have new photos. Wishing you a great coming weekend, Hugs, Candy

said redriverocks 2005.03.10 at 20:38:48 PST

Hi again. Forgot to tell you that we are leaving on a trip March 12 and will return on March 26, in time for Easter! Going to visit some Webshots friends in Texas and New Mexico! Have never met them, and am looking forward to it. Sharon

said sharwils1 2005.03.09 at 07:48:00 PST

Hi Laura, I didn't lose my satellite connection this time so got to download some of these beautiful photos. You asked in a couple of my albums if we farm out here in the country? No, this used to be the family farm of my husband, Clarence. All the acreage was sold, except for the 10 1/2 that he retained. It's lot to mow, but I love that John Deere riding mower. Bought it myself! We have 2 garden plots, one for veggies and corn, and the other for Indian Corn, as it's called here. Great for Fall decorations. The beautiful spots out here, you have seen in my albums, just as I've seen yours. Both so beautiful and both so different from each other. My email address is swilsieschultz@yahoo.com. I would love to hear from you, dear friend. Love ya Sharon

said sharwils1 2005.03.09 at 07:46:21 PST

Hi Laura, I visit your page full of birds, if you have the chance to have them in your barckyard, congratulations, you done very nice photos, ...best...from Quebec...Pierre

said pierre_photos 2005.03.02 at 09:21:47 PST

Dear Laura ,today I have fallen in love with the Canadian Geese -I think they are wonderful!keep up these stunning shots my friend ,they are a joy to view!Hugs from over the seas -Lynne

said lynne294 2005.02.28 at 05:36:00 PST

Hi Laura, here you go again, another nice album and the photos are well taken. We used to get the CA quail, but now too many cats in the area, but we've seen the cedar waxwing twice here in two years, the robins abound, we have one Townsend Warbler that has taken refuge in a sequoia along with both kinds of chickadees, one or two towhees pound the ground in the early morning hours and the bad guy that tours the neighborhood is a sharp-shined hawk that have taken out one or two of the house sparrows here. You've large flocks of many, quite a yard of plenty, but I think that lake of yours really does the yard nicely. A nice featured album, really nice. Take care and best regards. Ron/Oregon Coast

said rboise 2005.02.27 at 22:09:37 PST

Hi Laura, I had just finished looking at these great photos of birds, when our bad weather knocked my satelitte connection was lost. I love the Cedar Waxwings, the Robins, BlueJays, on and so on. All of them. Beautiful shots. What kind of camera are you using. I have to get an extension to get photos like that. Just supurb. Love &quot;ya&quot; Sharon

said sharwils1 2005.02.27 at 12:16:45 PST

I just saw your additions of the robins. Girl...are you sure you are using a digital camera...lol. These shots are spectacular. How far away are you from the birds when you are taking these? I had to peek at our Don King bird again too. That one just cracks me up. I love it!!! Hope you get lots more feathered visitors as spring rolls on. Love 'n' Hugs. Donna

said deestea 2005.02.26 at 22:49:30 PST

How gorgeous!!!Laura these photographs are stunning!Big congratulations girlfriend -you deserve to be Featured with these exquisite shots!can't pick a favourite sorry -they are all so neat!Love and hugs to you clever girl-Lynne

said lynne294 2005.02.25 at 01:29:07 PST

What an honor to be mentioned in your subtitle, even if you did drop me like a hot potato....LOL. Actually, I am very glad you did because, as I said earlier, these are just beautiful photos of our little feathered friends. By the way, guess what I saw today.....the tops of my daffodils are popping out.....I am sooooo excited. I was out there talking to them, saying, &quot;hurry up you little buttercups so I can take your picture&quot;!!! We are expecting a couple of warm days this weekend, so I have my hopes up. God bless my friend. Love 'n' Hugs. Donna

said deestea 2005.02.24 at 21:21:39 PST

Hi Laura, I had a good laugh at your first g/b entry when you said you had to run and get your camera. I could just picture you running through the house because I have done the same thing so many times. I have yet to capture the beautiful cardinals that frequent my back deck because I am usually running to get my camera and then I scare them off....lol. I love the photos you took today. Not only are the cedar waxwings beautiful but I spotted new buds and growth on the trees. Hooray!!! Great photos!! Now I am off to see your new album. Love 'n' Hugs. Donna

said deestea 2005.02.24 at 15:48:58 PST

Hi Laura, so nice to hear from you again and I really like your new additions. The conversation between the two birds is so cute! I am also in awe of your success shooting the hummingbirds. I have taken at least a million photos of them and none of them were worth keeping. They move so fast I can't keep up, lol. Thanks for telling me about your new photos. Hope you had a wonderful weekend, and sending Love and Hugs to You, from Me, Candy

said canary1976 2005.02.20 at 15:06:36 PST

Oh Laura, I have had some free time today and so enjoyed viewing your albums! This is another outstanding album. I would love to see this one featured, it is the best bird album I have seen on Webshots. I downloaded several, your cover photo is gorgeous and &quot;Blue Jay&quot; is another beauty, well they all are great! Sending you Hugs, Candy

said canary1976 2005.02.16 at 14:37:01 PST

Seems a while since I got into Webshots but I needed to fill a few spare moments today so here I am. I envy the wide variety of birds you have that call by. Here we have put out a couple of bird tables and we now attract a larger number of birds but we are still restricted to the sparrows, blackbirds, bluetits and occasional thrush robin. I guess that because we're in a pretty exposed spot. See you've been adding more pics recently to so I guess I'd better dig into the box to see what else I can find. Best wishes, Mike.

said casper901 2005.02.16 at 00:49:04 PST

Hi Laura, This is a fabulous new album. I love them all! Those little chickadees are the cutest things. And...I hope that red-winged black bird is singing about Spring!!! I went out and took more photos today at one of my favorite neighborhood hangouts, but it's just lacking the color of flowers, green grass and trees. I'm trying to be patient...lol. Thanks again for the wonderful new photos. Peace and Love, Donna

said deestea 2005.02.14 at 18:54:35 PST