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Khaos
Apr-20-2006, 09:09 AM
A Black-Headed woodpecker.

http://galleries.creativekhaos.com/photos/64787673-L.jpg


http://galleries.creativekhaos.com/photos/64787655-L.jpg
Dick on Aruba
Apr-20-2006, 09:51 AM
Wow, very nice captures. It's a pretty bird.

Dick.
Rohirrim
Apr-20-2006, 11:13 AM
Nice close up shots. Pretty bird.
Thusie
Apr-20-2006, 04:39 PM
Very, very cool bird and shot:thumb
Khaos
Apr-20-2006, 04:52 PM
:wxwax Ooops, wrong bird.

A friend from http://www.birdwatch.ph/ (http://www.birdwatch.ph/), who's been helping me with some bird IDs has given me the correct ID for this one. It's actually a Troupial.

Thank you all for the nice comments.
windoze
Apr-21-2006, 05:19 PM
i never saw a black pecker before....
its a great image - thanx for sharing it!!!

troy
Dick on Aruba
Apr-21-2006, 09:15 PM
:wxwax Ooops, wrong bird.

A friend from http://www.birdwatch.ph/ (http://www.birdwatch.ph/), who's been helping me with some bird IDs has given me the correct ID for this one. It's actually a Troupial.

Thank you all for the nice comments.

For the one who's interested:

I was also mistaken your beautiful bird for something else because of your unique composition.

The Troupial is the national bird of Venezuela. They sing very loud and beautiful. They fairly common on Aruba also (my island)

As far as I'm informed, there are two kinds of Troupials:
1. The faily common "Troupial" or "Orange Troupial" and
2. the really scarce "Yellow Oriole" which is also called the "Yellow Troupial"

Here a picture of both:

Troupial [Click to enlarge]
http://arubaphoto.smugmug.com/photos/49666719-M.jpg (http://arubaphoto.smugmug.com/photos/49666719-O.jpg)

Yellow Oriole (Yellow Troupial) [Click to enlarge]
http://arubaphoto.smugmug.com/photos/63684328-M.jpg (http://arubaphoto.smugmug.com/photos/63684328-O.jpg)

Dick.