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Common Flameback Woodpecker (male)
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Common Flameback Woodpecker (male)

by Graeme Guy

Gallery: AvianPosted September 19, 20062,939 views30 comments
A walk through the forest trails in Singapore with a group of birders located a pair of Common Flameback Woodpeckers setting up a home in a hole in a tree. I went back for 3 weekends and watched the preparation before noticing they were feeding chicks inside. I set up the camera adjacent to the hole and targetted the common perch under the opening. I took up position 30 yards back under cover and watched with binoculars, firing the camera with a small radio-controlled unit.

My sister feels the bird has been stitched together using some quilting method, such is the pattern of feathers.

Canon EOS1D2, 500 f4, 580ex flash-0.3, 1/125, f11, quantum radio trigger.

Kind regards
Graeme

Comments

30 comments
Comment posted by Alice Scoggins on September 19, 2006 at 4:41 PM
Beautiful shot of a beautiful bird! :toast:
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Comment posted by Juza on September 19, 2006 at 4:51 PM
Just perfect! :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 374 Posts, 10466 Comments
Comment posted by Garth McElroy on September 19, 2006 at 4:52 PM
KILLER!!!! :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 248 Posts, 4406 Comments
Comment posted by Josh Anderson on September 19, 2006 at 5:06 PM
Love it! Sweet colors.
Registered on June 2, 2005, 493 Posts, 2996 Comments
Comment posted by Terry Sohl on September 19, 2006 at 5:19 PM
Beautiful! What a wonderful bird! :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 513 Posts, 6889 Comments
Comment posted by T. Williams on September 19, 2006 at 5:24 PM
BEAUTIFUL GRAEME :jump:
Registered on June 9, 2006, 36 Posts, 326 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Fusco on September 19, 2006 at 6:16 PM
Cool shot, Graeme!
:toast:

- Paul
Registered on November 17, 2003, 283 Posts, 1163 Comments
Comment posted by George Hall, Jr on September 19, 2006 at 6:49 PM
Beautiful!! Love the details, colors and the OOF BG. Well done. :toast:
Registered on July 11, 2004, 283 Posts, 2395 Comments
Comment posted by Mack Barham on September 19, 2006 at 7:47 PM
Beauliful shot of an "uncommon" woodpecker. Only a open beak coming out of the hole would improve this shot! :toast: :toast:
Registered on August 12, 2005, 537 Posts, 1107 Comments
Comment posted by Glenn Bartley on September 19, 2006 at 8:24 PM
Stunning photo! Way to go out and get this one!! :toast: :smile:
Registered on June 29, 2004, 448 Posts, 1180 Comments
Comment posted by Doug Backlund on September 19, 2006 at 8:47 PM
Great shot of a bird I've never heard of and will probably never see. Thanks for sharing! :toast:
Registered on September 29, 2005, 252 Posts, 3380 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Patrick Lor on September 19, 2006 at 9:21 PM
:toast:
Registered on January 15, 2006, 91 Posts, 2052 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Gulash on September 19, 2006 at 9:39 PM
Good work setting this up so well. The results are great. Amazing bird, looks a lot like the Pileated shoulders up and body size.
Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments
Comment posted by Satie Sharma on September 19, 2006 at 10:23 PM
Sweet shot, Graeme! :toast:
Registered on November 11, 2003, 189 Posts, 5335 Comments
Comment posted by KC Choo on September 19, 2006 at 10:44 PM
I don't have anything as good as this - well done! :toast:

Congrats on the EP! :wavey:
Registered on November 15, 2004, 519 Posts, 8278 Comments
Comment posted by Duane Rosenkranz on September 19, 2006 at 11:15 PM
Great shot.
:toast:
Registered on October 13, 2004, 280 Posts, 2661 Comments
Comment posted by Bob Steele on September 19, 2006 at 11:31 PM
Oh man, I've never heard of this species, and it's about the most beautiful bird I've ever seen. Just a KILLER image. :toast: :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 354 Posts, 13896 Comments
Comment posted by Helge Sorensen on September 20, 2006 at 1:55 AM
Most impressive bird, Graeme, and great use of radio-controlling :toast: :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 186 Posts, 1526 Comments
Comment posted by Tim McIntyre on September 20, 2006 at 7:01 AM
:toast: :toast: Wow!
Registered on August 19, 2006, 85 Posts, 1074 Comments
Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on September 20, 2006 at 10:42 AM
Nice image Graeme. We have them here in India. Yes to make an image which is as good. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on March 1, 2004, 324 Posts, 1867 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 20, 2006 at 12:14 PM
An awesome image. Well done in every way.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments
Comment posted by George Palagian on September 20, 2006 at 5:18 PM
I always thought the Pileateds' were an amazing bird, they still are, but this is something special. :toast:
Registered on March 3, 2006, 113 Posts, 1444 Comments
Comment posted by Graeme Guy on September 20, 2006 at 5:53 PM
Thanks for the comments, always appreciated.
I was hoping for a chick sticking out of the nest but could not check them every day and fledging seemed to be sudden.
Kind regards
Graeme
Registered on January 19, 2004, 33 Posts, 438 Comments
Comment posted by Pedro Martín Barto on September 20, 2006 at 5:54 PM
This is really great!
Registered on December 31, 2003, 6 Posts, 194 Comments
Comment posted by richard ettlinger on September 20, 2006 at 6:59 PM
What a :cool: looking Bird!! Great shot!!! :toast:
Registered on June 17, 2004, 377 Posts, 1565 Comments
Comment posted by David Williams on September 20, 2006 at 9:56 PM
Wow, never heard of this bird before either.........superb shot, Graeme!
:toast:
Registered on March 8, 2005, 315 Posts, 2291 Comments
Comment posted by Larry Selman on September 20, 2006 at 11:29 PM
Fantastic shot and fantastic bird!
:toast:
Registered on September 16, 2004, 115 Posts, 173 Comments
Comment posted by Christine Adams on September 26, 2006 at 10:11 AM
Sweet shot!! Congrats on the EP!!! :toast: :toast: :toast:
Registered on January 24, 2006, 119 Posts, 1871 Comments
Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on September 27, 2006 at 2:47 AM
The detail and sharpness are amazing! What a gorgeous bird! Congrats on the EP.
Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments
Comment posted by Dan Walters on October 3, 2006 at 9:50 PM
Great shot! Love the colors and the detail!
Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments