Lewis's Woodpecker and Williamson's Sapsucker

Firsts for me.
I would liked to have gotten closer but the wetlands got in the way.

Lewis's

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Congratulations! I've never seen either.

Great shots of some unique birds, John!

heyBJK wrote in post #17130297
Congratulations! I've never seen either.

Wallace River wrote in post #17130309
Great shots of some unique birds, John!

Thank you Brian and Ian.

Great shots.

Darn those wetlands! Well done, John, firsts for me, too.

bigjohninva wrote in post #17131617
Great shots.

ardeekay wrote in post #17131660
Darn those wetlands! Well done, John, firsts for me, too.

Thanks John and Rog. The wetlands make for a beautiful place but such long distance shots. These were shot with my 100-400 + Kenko 1.4X TC.

Good to see these - nice work in difficult conditions including the back lighting in 3 and 4 - well done.

Thanks Mike

Great shots

Nice shots of some unusual birds!

akhan wrote in post #17132202
Great shots

butterfly2937 wrote in post #17132293
Nice shots of some unusual birds!

Thank you akhan and Carol.

Wow John, you've got some species in your area that I've certainly never heard of.
I'll have to say that the Lewis's is a gorgeous woodpecker who's coloring is so different from any other that I'm used to. At least the young sapsucker looks like a sapsucker!
Next time though it's "wetlands schmetlands"....that's what chest waders are for

Thanks Steve. I think I might need to look into some chest waders indeed.