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windoze
Mar-25-2005, 10:20 AM
100-400 L and that wasnt really long enough. anyway i like to get a bird every now and then too! mine isnt as good as the ones ive seen on here, but ilike to contribute when i can..... i saw this guy today who has been coming and going throughout the morning....
http://windoze.smugmug.com/photos/18205197-M.jpg


troy
MuskyDude
Mar-25-2005, 10:49 AM
I think it is indeed a downy woodpecker, and a nice shot of one.


AJ
DoctorIt
Mar-25-2005, 01:19 PM
Agreed, pretty sure it's a downy. how big was it?

Good shot, those guys are always very hard to get around here. Like to hide where the backgrounds are not so nice. Unlike those egrets strutting around in the wide open marsh...





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windoze
Mar-25-2005, 05:04 PM
ive only seen a downy woodpecker in the wild twice in my life. and each time ive had my camera with me...... they are fast and dont stay still too long.... i wish i had a 400 f2.8



troy

Agreed, pretty sure it's a downy. how big was it?

Good shot, those guys are always very hard to get around here. Like to hide where the backgrounds are not so nice. Unlike those egrets strutting around in the wide open marsh...





:hide :lol3
Harryb
Mar-25-2005, 05:47 PM
100-400 L and that wasnt really long enough. anyway i like to get a bird every now and then too! mine isnt as good as the ones ive seen on here, but ilike to contribute when i can..... i saw this guy today who has been coming and going throughout the morning....

troy
hey Troy,

Good shot of a very diifcult subject. And it was in the wild :clap :clap :clap
4labs
Mar-26-2005, 06:21 AM
ive only seen a downy woodpecker in the wild twice in my life. and each time ive had my camera with me...... they are fast and dont stay still too long.... i wish i had a 400 f2.8



troy Troy nice shot. If you want to see more woodpeckers just put the right seed out for them and they will never leave.
Dixie
Mar-27-2005, 03:54 AM
Troy nice shot. If you want to see more woodpeckers just put the right seed out for them and they will never leave.
Very true. I use a mixture of oiled sunflower seeds and a blend of nuts and wild cherries and a special woodpecker block with nuts and sunflower seeds stuck together in a brick. I have both downy and red-breasted woodpeckers visiting on a daily basis.
Dixie
Mar-27-2005, 04:32 AM
BTW, it is a downy woodpecker. The one most often confused with a downy is the hairy woodpecker, but his beak is 2-3 times longer than the downy's.