Wildlife and Nature Photography 

And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky"
- Genesis 1:20
Woodpeckers
 
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 Dousman, Wisconsin
Red-bellied Woodpecker, taken near a Christmas Tree Farm that we've gone to for many years to cut-our-own, in what has become a family tradition
Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/160s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-200
   January 16, 2012 4:22pm
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 Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
Female Downy Woodpecker
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/250s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-320
   October 10, 2010 5.57pm
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 Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
Downy Woodpecker
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/80s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-200
   April 10, 2010 3:21pm
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 Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
Downy Woodpecker
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/160s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-200
   April 10, 2010 3:18pm
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 Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
Hairy Woodpecker
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/250s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-100
   April 3, 2010 5:59pm
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 Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
Downy Woodpecker (Female)
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/80s f/18.0 at 400mm iso-400
   July 12, 2009 3:58pm
 
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 Female Downy Woodpecker—Waukesha, Wisconsin
My wife found her in a maple tree in our front yard, so I came out with my camera, and...snap!
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/250s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-400
  November 1, 2008 3:31pm
 
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 Our Back Yard—Waukesha, Wisconsin
A Downy Woodpecker (left) and a Black-capped Chickadee (right) on a seed bell in our back yard
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/200s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-640
  September 20, 208 11:04am
 
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Founders Park—Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
Downy Woodpecker
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/80s f/5.6 at 360mm ISO-100
June 16, 2008 2:24pm
 
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Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area—Las Vegas, Nevada
This woodpecker was shot while hiking in the desert; I believe (based on this and other shots that I took of it) that this is a female Red-naped Sapsucker
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/60s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-100
April 10, 2008 5:55pm
 
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Yosemite National Park, California
 A pair of these Acorn Woodpeckers were nesting in this dead tree
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/250s f/5.6 at 365mm iso-100
April 21, 2007 2:06pm
 

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