Saturday, November 03, 2007

Downy Woodpecker

I had the pleasure and fortune of watching a male downy woodpecker search for food amongst the branches of a downed Ohio buckeye tree on Friday. I filled my two gigabyte memory card with shots of this bird! All the right condiditions were there. It was sunny, he was in the light, but boy did he move. Here you can see him winding up and then "going in for the kill" and stabbing the wooden stem. Notice the dust shake off the branch, and see how he closes his eyes on impact. Pretty cool.

 

 

 

 


Tom
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3 comments:

  1. Chris11/03/2007 11:31:00 PM

    Nice pictures! I like the action shot.

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  2. Anonymous11/04/2007 12:41:00 PM

    Very beautiful! I like nature very much! It's happy - to take photos of nature!

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  3. Tom Arbour11/04/2007 07:03:00 PM

    Thanks Chris and Max......

    The action shots of the birds are definitely make the most interesting photos. I hadn't realized this until you pointed this out Chris. Thanks for the feedback.

    Tom

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