Pileated Woodpecker w/70-200 and onboard flash

While at some friends last weekend, I saw this beauty swoop in and I grabbed my camera, 70-200 mounted and took some photos. At first I cranked up the ISO and shot without flash, then I decided to shoot some with the onboard flash as I was afraid he would not wait for me to go get the flash gun. Here is one of the better ones.

Rare Bird, excellent opportunity, great capture...

I have seen one in Penn's woods twice in 3 decades.

John

Mine Equip. (all Canon): 30D Body, 50mm 1.4 USM, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 kit stock-not USM, 28-135mm 3.5-5.6 IS USM Wide Angle Telezoom, 75-300mm III 4.0-5.6 Telezoom, RS-80N3, several CF SanDisk Ultra II 1.0GB cards, several tripods, mono pod.

Nice capture, AJ. Looks like you took advantage of a great opportunity! That's one beautiful bird. Glad you had your camera nearby, because you're probably right, it wouldn't have stuck around too long.

Ron

Amazing capture, and beautiful bird. Always nice to have your camera handy! Haha, thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Adrian

Thanks all for looking and commenting. I was glad to have this fella drop in on me.