Posts Tagged ‘Red-bellied woodpecker’
HAPPY LABOR DAY EVERYONE
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, parthenon, Red-bellied woodpecker on August 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A severe weather day but +++++ on wildbirds
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, closeup, dawn 4/3/14, log pile, parthenon, Red-bellied woodpecker on April 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I was awakened by bright lightening and loud thunder at 4:05 AM today, really never went back to sleep. At dawn, I heard the first Purple Martin of 2014. I peered out the window at in the dim morning light and saw two Male Rudy Throat Hummingbirds on one of my feeders; and, I just put the nectar out Wednesday morning. I got up and took my camera out on the porch and sat quietly hoping for either but instead had a beautiful male Red-bellied woodpecker land on the log pile next to me (he just did not see me) just inside the focal length of the 400mm f/5.6 lens (15.5 feet); so I quietly scooted back while he searched the logs and got a few closeups of him at ISO 1600 on my Canon 50D. It wasn’t long after that that another line of strong storms moved through:
Thanks you all – 40,000 views
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged pathenon arkansas, red-bellied, Red-bellied woodpecker, upside down, woodpecker on March 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Today I was watching a Red-bellied woodpecker. He seems to prefer working and looking for food UPSIDE-DOWN. I watched him for an hour and he always looks under bark in this silly fashion !
