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Soggy Pecker

PhotoBear — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:04:53 +0000

Our friendly male downy woodpecker after a downpour...

Our boy is back… trying to dry out in the sun.

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Shooting Details:

Focal Length:350mm | Shutter speed:1/500 | Aperture:ƒ/8
Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Shooting Date: May 9, 2009, 5:19 pm

Someone’s Got A Boyfriend

PhotoBear — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:46 +0000

Our yard-dwelling little downy woodpecker girl has a male friend who has started coming around...

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 yard like she does, but he’s certainly not refusing to share the feeder. I’m so excited about it I am going to post this one right after midnight so it is up for everyone first thing in the morning…

Don’t worry, the bird onslaught isn’t going to end any time soon…

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Shooting Details:

Focal Length:251mm | Shutter speed:1/500 | Aperture:ƒ/8
Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Shooting Date: May 9, 2009, 6:46 pm

Downy Feeding

PhotoBear — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:00:36 +0000

Our little downy woodpecker girl climbing on my feeder

Our yard denizen climbing on the suet feeder…

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Shooting Details:

Focal Length:293mm | Shutter speed:1/80 | Aperture:ƒ/6.3
Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Shooting Date: May 6, 2009, 11:00 pm

My Pecker

PhotoBear — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:35:36 +0000

A downy woodpecker that lives at least part of the time in our back yard.

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 my lens, much to my delight and the delight of my bird-loving kids…

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Shooting Details:

Focal Length:293mm | Shutter speed:1/80 | Aperture:ƒ/6.3
Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Shooting Date: May 6, 2009, 10:59 pm