Carpe Lumen Daily

Our boy is back… trying to dry out in the sun. (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:350mm | Shutter speed:1/500 | Aperture:ƒ/8Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Shooting Date: May 9, 2009, 5:19 pm

A few days ago, I got my first pictures of a downy woodpecker (at least, pics that filled the frame and were not a speck somewhere on a tree-trunk). Today, I was delighted to find out that we also have a male in the neighbourhood. I don’t think he lives in the tree in our [...]

Our yard denizen climbing on the suet feeder… (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:293mm | Shutter speed:1/80 | Aperture:ƒ/6.3Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Shooting Date: May 6, 2009, 11:00 pm

It has been a dream of mine to post a picture of my pecker online. No, really… woodpeckers are notoriously hard to get pics of around these parts, as they are always up at the very tops of the trees. But, I’ve set up a feeder and lured this little downy woodpecker within range of [...]