Here is the first of a few pictures of the Great Spotted Woodpecker that landed about 10 meters from where I was sat. What a bird, has made my week. This year I set a goal of photographing all 3 of the UK's woodpecker species. I now have 2 with just the rare lesser spotted to find.
Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
This is a red bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), I took the photo some time ago. I been debating whether to use it, or not. The woodpecker was on the edge of the roof of a small, red barn shaped, shed that I have in my back yard.
Nuttall’s Woodpecker hunts for bugs at Mineral Wells Picnic Area.
They’re like a drawing kid who wants everything: red cap? Yes. Black & white striped face? Let’s do it. White specks on black? Sure, on the back. Black dots on white? Why not? - on the front!
This is the only view I have with both the male and female fully in the same frame. Unfortunately, they didn't do me a solid by getting closer together 😅. In this photo, the female is at the top and the male below. If you look very closely at the bird on the bottom, you'll see a reddish tint to that thick stipe extending back from his beak.
The bluebirds continue to make up the majority of the birds at the feeder. I believe the male red bellied woodpecker has finished pecking out a nesting cavity, as I haven't seen him working at it lately. Meanwhile, the female is dining at the feeder a lot. The weather continues to oscillate between numbing cold and heat appropriate to early summer. #birds#birding#birdsofmastodon#birdphotography#nature#HoosierMast#bluebird#woodpecker