Great shots Joel, nice that you give the youngsters a chance :-)
David, I like the fluffy background for the chickadee.

I am working my way through shots from the past months (deleting by the hundreds as I go), every now and then I find one that I like.
I took this one on my way back home from work, just stopped for 20 minutes at a little creek:

102_MG_1105 by ahab1372, on Flickr

T3i, EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS @300mm, ISO 200 f/5.6 1/800s