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Downy Woodpecker
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Downy Woodpecker

by Craig Strand

Gallery: AvianPosted August 29, 201038 views4 comments
This Downy male is another image from a shoot last week at the Nat'l Wildlife Refuge. At the time their were 2 pair picking bugs off the leaves and bark of a tree. We have 2 slightly different varieties here in the west, the interior, which looks similar to the eastern with a white breast and this pacific with a darker chest.

Larger image available, I thank you for looking!

canon 7D
canon 600mm f4.L IS USM w/1.4TC
F/8 1/500 ISO 200
wimberley head, manfrotto tripod and cable release :wink:

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 29, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Cute pose with excellent detail Craig! :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Dan Moore on August 29, 2010 at 7:38 PM
Very 3D with the nice BGT seperation. Nice one!

Dan
Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 29, 2010 at 8:20 PM
Nice sharp image of the Downy. The background is a bit busy and tends to draw my eye away from the subject.
Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on August 29, 2010 at 9:07 PM
Love the alert pose Craig and how this image shows how the pacific subspecies has a darker chest. Nice details and I appreciate the natural red color you have shown here.
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments