Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
British Columbia Sport & Outdoor Lounge => Outdoor Photography => Topic started by: DragonSpeed on September 18, 2009, 10:06:58 AM
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The woodpecker and the birdfeeder...
Burnaby, BC, Canada
(I need to convince this guy to come in the afternoons -it's getting WAY to dark to shoot in the mornings... ISO 1600 and 3200)
The pileated woodpecker is the largest of the woodpeckers that live in our area. This guy/gal comes swooping in and with that angular look and long black back it looks a bit like a vampire... to me at least it does.
1. Landing for food
(http://www.fotothing.com/photos/e12/e126191a3798871a4f539f4eb753160f.jpg)
2. When you're his heavy the little cage on the feeder closes on you. He tried a few pecks at the plastic... not so successful.
(http://www.fotothing.com/photos/645/645fa066b64a99be7ff606f063d9fffc.jpg)
3. After some careful studying he realized that there was a small opening still available.
(http://www.fotothing.com/photos/aa3/aa365f73e54549522921da2abec3af88.jpg)
4. Success - sometimes it's not so easy being big... hard work for some small seeds.
(http://www.fotothing.com/photos/9a1/9a12344534547eb905d3302fbb549fd0.jpg)
I hope that as the winter goes on he'll become more tolerant of my photography. I had to shoot through the door for these... Once I opened it - he was GONE :(