Male Downy Woodpecker

[Hikin' Mike]

What a great day! I've been hearing and seeing this male Nuttall's Woodpecker at my feeder for a while. This afternoon I saw him in the trees looking my way (my feeder/station/blind). He flew right to the old tree, filled with my peanut butter 'suet' mix (http://www.imagesinthebackcountry.com/blog/?p=122) and got a few pictures!

http://www.imagesinthebackcountry.com/images/web_temp/_MG_7821.jpg
5D, 300mm f/4L IS, 1.4x II, ISO 400, 1/250, f/16, tripod

[bfjr]

Nice one
Backgrd works well and it's a cool pose
and I still don't have one :rolleyes :rofl :wink

[jeff lapoint]

Great shot and BG. Nice work with the suet as well!

[Ric Grupe]

Another reason to keep your trees pruned!:rofl

Very nice.:thumb

[Hikin' Mike]

LOL...it's actually a "pruned" dead Christmas Tree from 2 years ago. I put it in a pot with rocks in the bottom, so I can move it around!

BTW, I was told this guy is a "Nuttall's Woodpecker", not a Downy. What to I know....I'm a landscape photographer....not a bird guy (yet). :rolleyes