Thirsty Downy and scary Gull

Found this red bellied using the leaf as his water supply.
The gull came begging for food the other day at the beach and I think he was mad I didn't give him all my grapes. he got a few feet away and started screaming at me.

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That first one is a female red bellied woodpecker.

That's an amazing gull shot, I think that is the secondary eyelid, or else hes' wearing contact lenses

Shar824 wrote in post #7518696
That first one is a female red bellied woodpecker.

thank you for the correction

That first shot just warms my heart seeing that beautiful gal drink from the leaf. That second shot is amazing!

WOW Nice shot!!!!!!!

Wow--cool picture of that Rat with wings.

Great shots! The second one would make a great album or cd cover.

Great catch of the Female Red Belly drinking from a leaf. Kind of surprised she let you that close. The gull shot is a keeper.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments, I find that the red bellied woodpeckers are the least skittish of the small birds I try to shoot and the gulls are pretty fearless.

The only way to ever satisfy a gull is to buy it some McDonald's french fries.