Yellowed Bellied Sapsuckers

Yes, I did enhance the colors. 7D II with 70-200 II & 2X TC

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Great captures. The PP looks good.

Love the bird and the name!I like the pics too, I see you have enhanced the saturation but the effect is pleasing to the eye, good work.

Thanks 2n10 & 2slo,
They are colorful birds, but this time of year the colors dull out a little. Just wanted to make them pop again. These woodpeckers are usually shy, so I couldn't believe this one stayed on the truck of a tree about chest high and let me take about 30 pics from only about 20 feet away. Very fortunate to get this one.
Like I heard a photo friend of mine a few days ago who said, "Bird photography depends quite a bit on luck."

What a beautiful bird and you did a lovely job of capturing him too!

butterfly2937,
Thank you.

Very nicely accomplished on these Winter visitors Joel!
I especially like the posture/pose in the 2nd image as it shows his head a little better. I also think the eye is in better focus. Well done!

Nice. The first time I ever saw one of these it was being eaten on a window ledge by a male Peregrine falcon in Dayton, OH. I don't see too many sapsuckers around here, but sometimes find their tell-tale trees.

I think they are a stunner, great job

Beekeeper,
In East Tennessee they are quite common. Since I first started getting interested in woodpeckers I notice them all the time. We also are covered up with Downy WP's, and we have quite a lot of Red-bellied WP's. I just took a pic of a Red-bellied today. It didn't turn out that good since we are overcast and he was fairly high in a tree. I did get a really good pic of a Peleated WP last summer, so they are common here too, but not as common as the others I mentioned.
I have also seen a Hairy WP which looks like a Downy, but it is bigger. There are Red Headed WP's here too, but I have yet to see one, and I am looking.

I like taking pics of all kinds of birds, but woodpeckers are some of my favorites.

Thank you CamFan01, Beekeeper, and pondrader.

It was fun getting this capture. Appreciate the comments.

Great captures. They are indeed shy - I have tried numerous times to capture one here and thus far, my best shot is him peeking out from behind the tree. You did very well.

Excellent shots

Well captured, the colours look good to me.

philk54, Peter2516, & Red Dexs,

Thanks for those comments.