Woodpeckers In Grant Nature Park This Morning

12 years 1 month ago #211601 by MajorMagee
Red Bellied Woodpecker Feeding Their Chicks







I love the cow lick that shows up in this shot.









and then along came a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers!



E-PL2 with Hexanon 135mm f3.2 at f8, ISO 200


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12 years 1 month ago - 12 years 1 month ago #211603 by MajorMagee
When the Pileated Woodpeckers took off a few moments later I couldn't get a shot of them in the air, but it was an impressive sight as they look almost too large to fly between the tree trunks.

In the middle of shooting the Red Bellied Woodpecker pair, I had three large dear came bounding up behind me, and by the time I realized they were there, they were gone from sight down the hill.

There was also another pair of birds in the area that were either red headed, or downy woodpeckers, but they never came close enough for a shot.


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12 years 1 month ago #211828 by bhowdy
Cool behavior shots .... like them

Bob Howdeshell

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12 years 1 month ago #211837 by Baydream
What a great morning.

Shoot, learn and share. It will make you a better photographer.
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11 years 8 months ago #245131 by LittleBitACountry
Love the shots, congrats on a productive morning. Woodpeckers are not something I see here.


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11 years 8 months ago #245262 by mclayton
Great shots!


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11 years 8 months ago #245290 by MajorMagee
Thanks you all.


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11 years 8 months ago #245303 by bluesydude
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Wonderful shots. Woodpeckers have eluded me since I got my camera in December 2011. I've seen and shot plenty of downys but they are always in the shadows and I never have enough light to get a decent shot. Thanks for sharing these fine shots!

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