red-breasted sapsucker

these little birds really seem to love a particular birch tree at the park near my house. they come back again and again during nesting season, and offer lots of nice photo ops... 40D, 400mm, various settings...

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Cool. Neat to see the holes that this bird makes to get to the sap.

Love the second one - great focus on it's head and eye!:thumbup:

beautiful plumage!!!

Very nice captures! Oops gotta fix that feather.

Lovely set SQ - Love the eye sharpness in shot 2!