Saturday, January 23, 2010

Woodpecker at the feeder

This guy has become a regular at my back yard feeder and he is welcome. I love seeing a woodpecker. They have always alluded me and I guess that is why I highly regard them.

Both are soft, I know. Taken with the new 400 and my 2X for 800mm but with bad form on my part. I was not using a tripod but had the camera braced. Not so good.





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9 comments:

ramblingwoods said...

I love having the woodpeckers visit my feeders. In the summer I put out suet dough which isn't so drippy and they bring their babies too. Stop by and visit my weekly 'Nature Notes' meme....Michelle

Snap said...

He is gorgeous. I often *hear* the woodpeckers working away, but don't often get to see them and take a photo. Lovely!

Lisa said...

Beautiful shots - love the vibrant red!

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Michael said...

One to be proud of. I keep trying to get a woodpecker visitor but he just flies around the perimeter.

Iowa Gardening Woman said...

Nice shots of the downy! After the cardinals, woodpeckers are my favorite.

eileeninmd said...

I love the Downy woodpeckers. Great shots.

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Firefly the Travel Guy said...

Soft or not, both are good. I'm sure you will at some stage set up the tripod and wait for him to get the perfect shot.