"I as many have a love hate relationship with flash... gads... but I do use it I would say about half the time... I am trying to embrase it but it just can be the devil sometimes... LOL"

I know...I am trying to knock it out all together (but I know that will never happen). How much work are you doing in Photoshop when you are using flash? It seems that birds are exceptionally sensitive to the use of additional light sources.

-JM