new canon s2 owner pics and video

[david.margrave]

I got some good pictures of various birds in my area this AM with my new canon S2.

Can anyone identify the bird at the very bottom of the page here? I think it is a pine siskin or some type of sparrow. doesn't look like a house sparrow though.

http://www.eskimo.com/~davidma/birds/

also check out the video of a northern flicker at the suet feeder. i had it zoomed in all the way. quality is reduced somewhat because it is hosted at google video, but the original raw video file was great.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4204262696049974798

also, i have not read the manual yet, and all pictures were taken in auto mode, just point and shoot.

[Lisa W]

David,
Very nice pictures. I'm leaning toward the Pine Siskin because of the beak and what might be a possible white wing bar - though it is hard to see. But, I will caveat this with I'm usually wrong.
Mainly wanted to comment on the pictures.

[Lisa W]

Dave,
I've been thinking you might want to move the unknown bird image to the bird id and taxonomy forum. More people will see it and you might get the definitive answer.

[arco13]

Nice Pics and videos dude. I like seeing the one of the Steller Jay. Wow thats a nice bird! To bad we don't getum here in the east. :flyaway: