I did attend the Rally for Darfur this evening and got lots of photos and audio. I'll try to get some kind of report up tomorrow. In the mean time, here are some pics of a few of the critters that come to chow down around my bird feeders.

These pictures were taken with my new Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ2 5MP Digital Camera. Panasonic is something of an off-brand for digital cameras, but I was attracted to the 6x optical zoom and the reported quick response time from the time you press the shutter to the time it snaps the picture -- something lacking in a lot of digital cameras. So far the results have been very good and the price was right for the features -- well under $300.

Doves taken through a screen and fairly dirty window:

A groundhog, also taken through the window. This and the rest are taken looking down from what is effectively a second-story window:

This and the remainder were taken with the screen and window open at full 6x zoom:

Chipmunk, cheeks full:

Red Squirrel: