Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Gila Woodpecker

This woodpecker visits my back yard 2 or 3 times a day, but he's very shy and hard to photograph. I hear him before I see him. Usually by the time I get my camera he's already moved on. I don't have the best lenses for bird pictures but did manage to capture him once.

5 comments:

Sharon said...

Great shot. I have the same problem. There are two that visit my back yard several times a day, but they too are very shy and always gone by the time I grab a camera.

Kathy said...

Good catch. It's definitely over my skill level. I once tried to take pictures of some parakeets (they were in a cage at PetsMart!)

lizziviggi said...

How beautiful! I'm so glad he finally cooperated with you, so you could get this gorgeous shot!

Brian Miller said...

great shot. he really is beautiful...

Unknown said...

Really lovely shot.

Bdw, GILA means CRAZY in Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia.

hugs
shakira

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