Venus Pool

As the rain let up for a few hours, I managed to get out to a local bird sanctuary.

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Lovely stuff Jeff, Is that a great spotted woodpecker?

Yes Ken, it is. Both male and female.

What a lovely soft light, well captured birds

wonderful warm light, love the second one.

Thank you. The lighting was rather peculiar. The venue was a hide in a wooded area next to a lake, so the subjects were in shade to start with.

The sunlight was very weak and 'watery' as the sun peeped from behind rain clouds, giving, as I say, a very peculiar light.

Just a case of waiting for the right moment to take the shot.

They are both female woodpeckers, the males have a red skull cap.





Male left- female on right
Bazza

This a different shot of the male on a feeder.




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See here.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ker/index.aspx

That didn't show up in your other postings which is why I put up an explaination photo.
Hope you didn't mind

Bazza

Not at all Bazza. I particularly wanted some shots of the woodpecker in it's natural surroundings and not on a feeder.

This tree seemed to be a favourite of these birds to perch and have a good look around before feeding. The male just wouldn't oblige me by looking around, the blighter.