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Day 30 - Pileated Woodpecker
Day 30 - Pileated Woodpecker
MaryO


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Collection: 30 Day Where You Live Jan 2008
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm F/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Alexandria, VA
Date: Jan 30, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2008

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Comments: 7
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 Seems appropriate to have day 30 be a woodpecker to balance day 1 ... OK, and day 25 ;-)

But I couldn't NOT take this guy's picture! I went to my favorite park to go take some wide angle shots of the scenery, heard a tapping above me and there he was. He even stayed put while I sidled into the woods to get the sky behind him more in the shot. Good bird!

ETA: he's a she. Should have checked a bird book before I wrote my description ;-) Thanks for the info.

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 02/02/2008 10:36:29 PM
This is a very good shot of this "girl"! I would have tried to get at least one shot before moving around to get this one I think, but that may have scared her away. We have some of these that visit this neighborhood almost every day, and some little red heads nesting every year in the trees in our yard. They are difficult to photograph because they move around so much, and tend to stay high in the trees.
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 01/31/2008 08:29:53 AM
He's actually a she! The male has more red on top and red on the side of his head

We have a pair of Pilated that come to our feeders every day. As well as Downey and Hairy woodpeckers. They all like my home made suit blend. (Suit, peanutbutter and bird seed)

We never get tired of seeing the Pilated. Nice shot!
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 01/31/2008 03:48:30 AM
Looks like woody the woodpecker.
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 01/30/2008 10:36:58 PM
ahhh no way!! a BIRD???

fuzzy guy? looks like he was moving fast there!!!
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 01/30/2008 10:09:05 PM
sheeeeeeeeesh . fancy seeing a bird here !!!!
i reckon his head must've been moving at a million miles an hour .. he's nearly a blur !! ..
ahhhhh .. just read your comment ... it must'v been the excitement .. i get like that when i spot something i really want to photograph and its something thats not going to stick around .. in fact the very act of putting your camera to your face can scare them away .. 10 shots or even more, and i'm lucky to get that eye in focus ..
he looks so cute up there mary .. :)
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 01/30/2008 07:54:27 PM
Cool bird ,it looks huge , a tighter crop on the right and bit off the bottom would pop the bird more IMO:)
Still a nice capture.
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 01/30/2008 07:08:44 PM
It must be so cool to see these birds, they look huge.
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