Like many of you, this time of year we always feed birds and we attract all kinds to our yard. This is the first year we have seen this one. I have talked to others who say it is not uncommon to see this bird but for us it is a first. We have always seen the male woodpecker with it's bright read head but never his wife! She is a very beautiful bird smaller than the male but none the less beautiful.
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Congratulations, Dan, for catching this shot of her. As I recall, I know I've seen the female but only at a distance. We've had two (LARGE-piliated) woodpeckers living in our wooded area for years. I caught it on video once and shared it...I'll post it here. I think I originally had it on myspace.
I'm pretty sure though, in all of our closest encounters with the woodpecker...they've all had the read head.
Exciting!!
What a lovely bird! Beautiful capture too, Dan. :) What an exciting moment. :)
Oh, and with the award, if you want it you can post the friendship button in your blog somewhere. You can do it by saving it t your computer first then adding it as a picture. And you can also post about it to pass it on if you want to- but nothing is mandatory really. :)
Dan, I love this shot! I've never seen a female woodpecker before. So cool! She has beautiful coloring. Birds always to convey a bit of "character" in photos. At least to me:)
Lovely pic..I kept looking and lookin at it!!!
She is beautiful...
oh ya she is...
Heather...I remember your post. You had a picture of the female and I commented at the time that I had seen the males but never the female before. It look just like the one in my picture.
I like your new avatar!
Dan
Dani...thanks, these woodpeckers fro some reason are really hard to get a picture of...very flighty and scared of man.
Dan
Dani,
Thanks, I am going back to your blog and check it out again.
Dan
Thanks Septembermom...it was also the first time...other than a picture on Simply Heather's blog that I had seen one as well.
Dan
Indrayani...
Yes it was beautiful...thanks for stopping by!
Dan
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