Red Head Drops by for a Visit

[Roy]

Looks like a Red-Bellied Woodpecker to me. Wish I had more time but it was all of a sudden and I was just about on my way out the door to go to a shoot when he showed up. I think I could of gotten some better poses. Hope he comes back!

[Concisus Cognatus]

Very nice series, especially 1 and 2.

[guitarbug]

Nice Roy! Boy you just have that camera with you at all times don't you ?

[Glassman]

Roy, Very nice set. I like all three, feather detail and eye is really nice. I'm glad I got to see these.

[Jim Victory]

Very nice Roy!

Nice captures for grab shots.

[Patti Edens]

Roy, You got some good ones! I like #2 the best - great detail in the feathers!

[Roy]

Thank y'all for looking and commenting. It really was grab shots too but I wanted them pretty bad and I honestly was surpised I could hand hold the 400mm 2.8 even though it was for a short time.

[jfoureyes]

Roy these are great! This looks like the male… he’s got some red on the lower portion of his face. I’ve got a pair of them I’m keeping an eye on out at park I go to every week. In fact I need to go check on them next week because I haven’t been over there in two weeks. I’m hoping to get a look and maybe some chick photos as well in a several weeks. I didn’t see them on the last visit but I could hear the female calling from the nest.

[billbunton]

Very nice Roy! From the title I was expecting a duck, though :-)

[ttusa]

#2 is beautiful- nice!

[snidow]

Nice job Roy, I have one these that shows up but is so shy I have not been able to get any clear shots of it.

[Tim T]

Great shots Roy. You nailed the exposure on these. I like the first one the best. My only recommendation would be to try to clone out the misc. branches on that one.

[Stephen P]

I love those red bellied woodpeckers. I personally really like 2 and 3.

[Roy]

Thanks again for the comments. Much appreciated. Hope everyone that wants a chance, gets a chance for a woodpecker this season. It's kind of hard to miss one with this much brilliant red. I agree with Jim on it being a male. The short time I was able to see this one, he was a little skittish too. If I lined up for a shot, he'd move around to the other side. I haven't seen him since that day...

[Antonio Lopez]

Great shots Roy.

Tony