Fluidr / annkelliott's "Pileated, Sapsuckers and other Woodpeckers" set

Hairy

N 21 B 20.3K C 39 E Nov 18, 2006 F Nov 18, 2006

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This guy landed on a log quite close to me this afternoon, posed, and gave me the chance to finally get a reasonable photo of a Hairy Woodpecker. Out of luck with the little Downy Woodpecker - maybe next time? Happy Feathery Friday, everyone! (Note to self: I used a horizontal version of this image for my 2008 calendar).

Tags: Calgary Alberta Canada wildlife birds Hairy Woodpecker Animal Planet Explore AnimalKingdomElite Picoides villosus SpecAnimal specnature i500 interestingness#414 explore2006Nov19 FeatheryFriday perched log park outdoors feathers close-up wild Fish Creek Park Sikome Birdshare Excellence AvianExcellence SuperShot

Red-naped Sapsucker

A OLYMPUS CORPORATION C750UZ — 1/320s ƒ/3.7 ISO 57 at 63 mm

N 3 B 3.1K C 13 E Jun 23, 2005 F Aug 27, 2006

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Quite a striking bird, but not seen all that often.

Tags: Calgary Alberta Canada bird wildlife species Red-naped Sapsucker Fish Creek Park woodpecker Sphyrapicus nuchalis Olympus C750UZ Burnsmead annkelliott Fauna & Flora of FCPP Talkaboutwildlife.ca on tree stump Birdshare Birds of Calgary

Pileated Woodpecker

A OLYMPUS CORPORATION C750UZ — 1/400s ƒ/3.7 ISO 50 at 63 mm

N 1 B 1.1K C 2 E Mar 16, 2006 F Oct 9, 2006

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I've seen a number of these huge, "prehistoric-looking " birds this year. In fact, I followed one from tree to tree this afternoon and took a few seconds of video of it banging away for insects.

Tags: Calgary Alberta Canada nature wildlife bird birds woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus

Red-naped Sapsucker

A OLYMPUS CORPORATION C750UZ — 1/400s ƒ/3.7 ISO 50 at 63 mm

N 0 B 2.4K C 2 E Jun 23, 2005 F Sep 18, 2006

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This is a male because it has a red chin and throat. These woodpeckers drill a series of small, square wells in a tree trunk, making quite a perfect pattern of lined-up "holes". Then they lap up the sap (and insects) from these square wells with their fringed tongue.

Tags: Calgary Alberta Canada nature wildlife woodpecker bird Red-naped Sapsucker red green black Sphyrapicus nuchalis Fish Creek Park Burnsmead annkelliott birdwatching photography Fauna & Flora of FCPP

Hairy Woodpecker

A OLYMPUS CORPORATION C750UZ — 1/400s ƒ/3.5 ISO 57 at 61.8 mm

N 3 B 1.6K C 7 E Feb 24, 2005 F Oct 31, 2006

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I was surprised to see this Hairy Woodpecker eating one of the cubes of bread that someone had placed in various trees on the way down into Weaselhead. I never pictured a Hairy Woodpecker eating bread.

Tags: Calgary Alberta Canada Weaselhead nature wildlife bird birds woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus