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06/13/10 - Bath Time!
I was so excited to show you a shot from our trip to the Museum of Life and Science in Durham yesterday...that is until this female Cardinal decided to take a bath in the bird bath just outside my kitchen sink window while I was cooking dinner. She stole my heart. Low light and through a window and her moving caused this to be a tad less sharp then I'd like, but I still love it. I adjusted the contrast, upped the sharpening a smidge, and did a slight crop. Another small bird joined her for a bit, but I didn't get a shot off or identify. After her, a Black-
Capped Chickadee took his bath. I love this bird bath! See:

http://www.duncraft.com/index/page/product/product_id/520/category_id/177/category_chain/8,177/product_name/Multi-level+Clamp+on+Deck+Bath

Pictures of the splish splashing series are here:

http://fotomom.smugmug.com/Nature/June-2010/12400102_x8pU2#898664465_anLdL

I put up a blog post about the museum here:

http://maryanng.blogspot.com/2010/06/bubbles-galore-at-bubble-blitz.html
There are a couple of collages that sum up the best pics of the day. The museum usually point to my blog posts from their home page after an event, so I try to do an extra good job writing up our experience. The one from the Butterfly Bash is still listed:

http://www.ncmls.org

Some of you saw on Facebook last night (Maryann Tia Engel Goldman) that Joey was quite sick with a 103 fever. He's up for the morning and playing his video game, and I'll go see how he's really doing after we both wake up more:-)

HAGD,
Maryann

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