Male Hairy Woodpecker

[TenaCJed]

Followed this guy around for a couple minutes while walking on the marsh trail at Metro Beach State Park in South Eastern Michigan. There were lots of woodpeckers around today. Click for larger view.

1.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_375720070120_796X800.jpg (http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_375720070120_1200X1206_Large.jpg)

2.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_375920070120_800X652.jpg (http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_375920070120_1400X1141_Large.jpg)

3.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_376320070120_800X557.jpg (http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_376320070120_1400X975_Large.jpg)

4.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_376620070120_800X677.jpg (http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_376620070120_1200X1015_Large.jpg)

5.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_377020070120_800X654.jpg (http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_377020070120_1200X980_Large.jpg)

6.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_377120070120_800X686.jpg (http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_377120070120_1100X943_Large.jpg)

7. I don't know why, but I really like this one.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_377220070120_675X800.jpg (http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/TenaCJed/Metro%20Beach/2007-1-20/IMG_377220070120_1100X1304_Large.jpg)

[Rubberhead]

Beautiful shots of a downy woodpecker in a very unusual setting.

[Sindri Skulason]

Excellent shots. Like the unusual surroundings. :-)

[cheerio0s]

I love #4. I have no clue what he's trying to do but it's cool

[canonloader]

Great shots, nice and sharp, but the last two are special. He's dug out a worm in the cat tail stalk. :)

[Reyno]

Excellent captures John. Very good color contrast as it makes the bird standout.

[hTr]

Very well done John

[Howler-Cat]

Crystal clear! Great job!

[RandyMays]

Very Nice ! Last one is my fav.

[Gary Fairhead]

A very different environment for this bird abd i wonder what he is finding there, # 7 is my favourite one here.

[Stephen Stephen]

Unusual habitat for a Downey woodpecker John. Thanks for sharing.

[TenaCJed]

Thank you all for the comments. I wish I could have had better lighting for this, but I think it still worked out great. I am happy to start getting pictures I am happy with for birds.

I have such a hard time telling apart Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, thank you for the correction.

[T.D.]

Excellent series. I've never them in this kind of habitat.

I have a hard time withe whole downy/hairy id thing as well. The two keys are overall size and size of the bill. The downy is a smaller bird and has a short and stubby bill. The hairy is larger with a longer bill. Hope this helps.

[canonloader]

The two keys are overall size and size of the bill.
The Hairy will always have more nose hair than the Downy. :)

[TenaCJed]

The Hairy will always have more nose hair than the Downy. :)


Thank you both for the help on providing the differences for help with ID. The above is funny though.

[jr#8]

Dont see anything. Not on your end I'm sure but I havn't seen able to get all the images all the time.

[mtblackdog]

I really like 5.