white headed woodpecker family

so this is a bird i've never seen before...was out taking waterfall photos near lake tahoe, and stumbled across a tree that sounded like it had an alarm clock in it...non-stop young birds making noise...hung around, the parents showed up...i took some photos that night, but came back again, and the young were sticking their heads out to be fed, so it was good to come back...leaving tahoe tomorrow, but i'm contemplating going back again, as it was a bit of a struggle with the dying light...not the sharpest of shots for sure...

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Very cool. I have never seen this bird before.

Congrats on the lifer. I was super excited when I saw mine. Mondo cool looking bird.

What a great opportunity to find a Woodpecker that I am unfamiliar with as well! Hope you get the chance to return for an update!

TedEllis wrote in post #18091590
Very cool. I have never seen this bird before.

thanks, i had talked with another photographer, and he was talking about driving 5 hrs to try and see one...so felt pretty lucky to just stumble across it

Greg_8 wrote in post #18091594
Congrats on the lifer. I was super excited when I saw mine. Mondo cool looking bird.

thanks, i was pretty excited when it flew in...had no clue what kind of bird it would be

SJC from VT wrote in post #18092096
What a great opportunity to find a Woodpecker that I am unfamiliar with as well! Hope you get the chance to return for an update!

thanks, not this time around unfortunately...drove back home...but hopefully in the future...just getting my feet wet in the tahoe area of birding

Very cool find! Right place, right time.

I've never sen these either.

Wonderful series! I have not yet been lucky enough to discover a woodpecker nest.

great find for sure. can't get enough woodpeckers and with a nest hole is a real treat

nice set thanks for sharing

EyeSpyEagle wrote in post #18092781
Very cool find! Right place, right time.

I've never sen these either.

thanks...yeah, got a nice bit of luck on this one

butterfly2937 wrote in post #18095040
Wonderful series! I have not yet been lucky enough to discover a woodpecker nest.

i was pretty excited when i came across it...hope you find one yourself

CaptBob wrote in post #18097668
great find for sure. can't get enough woodpeckers and with a nest hole is a real treat

not going to lie, i've done a fair bit more googling/searching to figure out if there are others around that i could...my dad had mentioned a pileated nest to me a couple years back...no clue what time of the year they nest though

rojam1000 wrote in post #18097683
nice set thanks for sharing

thanks for looking/commenting