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Posted by Alan Murphy on Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:23 am

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Blue Jay Houston, Texas

This 1st year bird was taken on this Bottlebrush plant in my backyard. It took many frames to get one where he was standing erect and the crest was raised.

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by Jim Urbach on Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:51 am

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Beautiful, Alan. A few infrequently visit my backyard, but I've never got anything this good. I assume you use a blind. Is there anything else that you use to attract them?

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by Laura Stiefel on Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:06 am

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Hi Alan. This is so pretty. I have always loved Bottlebrush plants and they really add a nice touch here. This bird looks to be posing for you.

what a colorful shot!

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by Sandy Mossberg on Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:39 am

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Excellent, Alan. I normally would like the bird more to our right, but I assume you didn't frame it that way so you could include the flower on the right.

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by Harvey Edelman on Sun Oct 12, 2003 9:49 am

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In line with your usual excellent renditions of these shots.

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by Jim Neely on Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:03 am

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Very pretty Blue Jay and a really nice image.

These guys have gotten very scarce in my area. There are a few scrub jays, but not many blue jays. They're both tougher to shoot than you'd think, too.

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:42 am

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Very sharp and a beautiful photo.

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by Robert Kemmerlin on Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:55 am

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Great shot, beautifully done.

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by Ken Newcombe on Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:56 am

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Alan,

About as good a pose perch and BG as I have seen in a Bluejay image. The red flower adds an element. Slight magenta cast to the whites.

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by Jim Zipp on Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:01 am

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Alan,
These guys are a FREQUENT visitor to my backyard but I still don't have anything as good as this. Nice shot.

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by Arthur Morris on Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:06 am

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Hi Alan, Once again, perfect works for me <smile>

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by Jim Neiger on Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:35 am

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Beautiful image Alan! Great pose, perch, and bg.

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by Mike Wilson on Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:51 am

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Gorgeous image Alan.

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Oct 12, 2003 1:53 pm

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Jim Urbach wrote:Beautiful, Alan. A few infrequently visit my backyard, but I've never got anything this good. I assume you use a blind. Is there anything else that you use to attract them?

Jim

Jim, Yes, you are right, I was in a blind. I was using regular bird seed in a tray just under the perch. Thanks, Alan.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:50 pm

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Alan,

Very nice shot. You captured a great pose on the Blue Jay. I like the flower in the lower left and the one in the upper right to balance it.

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by Paul Fusco on Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:34 pm

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Alan -

Nice pose, and the plumage detail is great.
Looks like this one is growing some new tail feathers.

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by Robert Ludwick on Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:57 pm

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Alan,

Excellent. Looks really sharp.

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Mon Oct 13, 2003 12:34 am

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Beautiful image

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by LHays on Mon Oct 13, 2003 4:51 am

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Alan
You have a gorgeous Bluejay and as always....an attractive perch. These guys are all over the place around here but can I get one....no!!! Great job!!

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by Penney Goodwin on Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:24 am

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Gorgeous! Do you have any of the newly fledged babies? I had twins this summer - they were too funny to watch with their baldness, but i could not get a good enough image to post. This is exceptional.

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