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May 22, 2013 10:13 | #1

This little Downy Woodpecker let me follow him for quite some time. He got so used to my presence that I was able to basically feed along with him lol. . .he ate more ants than you could even imagine from these dried up Button Bushes along side a small creek.

Hope you enjoy this series! these were taken in very low light conditions so I apologize for the darker quality to some of the photos. I was so excited about taking his picture I never thought to use a flash, although since it would have limited me to 1/250 shutter speed it would not have captured him as well since he was so FAST!

I'm going to try to post a video too (if you watch it close you can see him grab an ant that was crawling on his belly...it quickly became a snack)

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Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

by Michael Speegle

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Check out one of his handy work holes in the background

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Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

by Michael Speegle

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Drilling some more holes

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Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

by Michael Speegle

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Look very close and you can see him pulling the ant out of the hole!

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Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

by Michael Speegle

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Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens))

by Michael Speegle

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Downy Woodpecker

by Michael Speegle

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This was at 4000 ISO! Had to bump the shutter to 1/2000 to catch his tongue in action

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Downy Woodpecker

by Michael Speegle

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Hope this video works!
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Thanks for looking

Happy birding,
Michael

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May 22, 2013 10:43 | #2

Awesome shots

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May 22, 2013 12:28 as a reply to @ 2n10's post | #3

Exceptional quality captures of one of my favorite little woodies Michael!
I was expecting a Pileated by your title, but this little guy certainly fit the bill too.
Love the action shots and your portraiture is spot on. Wonderful job!

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May 22, 2013 12:34 | #4

Great series. The pictures really tell the story well.

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May 22, 2013 13:36 | #5

Thanks for the kind words everyone! I wish the video would have worked, but I'm not quite sure how to do that.

CamFan01 wrote in post #15956935

I was expecting a Pileated by your title, but this little guy certainly fit the bill too.

Haha, I'm glad it was a surprise. I really like these little fellas too

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May 23, 2013 20:40 as a reply to @ Birdwatcher86's post | #6

This series is fabulous! Great captures.

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May 23, 2013 20:56 | #7

Wonderful captures! One of my favorite birds! Well done!

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May 23, 2013 23:14 as a reply to @ grizzerbear's post | #8

Brilliant!

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