Click said:Very nice shots, chrysoberyl. I especially like the Red-bellied Woodpecker.
Thanks, Click. He is my favorite, too, until I locate a pileated.
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Click said:Very nice shots, chrysoberyl. I especially like the Red-bellied Woodpecker.
AlanF said:Took out my Sigma 150-600mm C on a walk today, but put it on the 5DIV by mistake instead of the DSR, but it was the right thing to have done as the light was bad. I witnessed a terrible scene: four drakes g*ng r*p*ng a mallard duck. The first was at iso 12000. The noise didn't seem too bad for a camera that isn't a Sony.
AlanF said:And high up was my old friend the Peregrine Falcon, looking menacing.
AlanF said:OK one more. These are tiny 100% crops backlit in misty light, the bird is only 600x600 px. The Siggie does quite well.
+1Click said:AlanF said:OK one more. These are tiny 100% crops backlit in misty light, the bird is only 600x600 px. The Siggie does quite well.
Yes, it does.
Nicely done, Alan.
ISv said:AlanF - in right moment at the right place! This is rather strange for birds, at least I have never seen something like this before. Did you see any other females around in the field?
Jack Douglas said:chrysoberyl, V nice.
Alan surely you intervened! Never seen that before because the drakes are always fighting each other off.
Jack
ISv said:Chrysoberyl, it seems you are looking for the Pileated Woodpecker. I have zero experience with the North American birds and can not give first hand advise.
What I found in The CornellLab is this (copy and paste): "Pileated Woodpeckers are forest birds that require large, standing dead trees and downed wood. Forests can be evergreen, deciduous, or mixed and are often old, particularly in the West. In the East they live in young forests as well and may even be seen in partially wooded suburbs and backyards".
If you already have the info where to find them - just ignore my post!
Jack Douglas said:chrysoberyl, V nice.
Alan surely you intervened! Never seen that before because the drakes are always fighting each other off.
Jack