rabWoody Woodpecker, Vancouver Island
qooqieLove these fellas. Always shocked by how big they are though
Massive dinosaur feet too
Saw my first one last month and I was stunned. Had no idea.
Got motivated to put out suet feeders, but they haven’t found them yet.
Of all the woodpeckers they seem to be the most shy, which is a shame they’re so beautiful!
Interesting, the ones in my area are some of the easiest to get close to
supermursBeautiful shot!
I believe woody woodpecker was actually a woodland woodpecker. This is a pilleated woodpecker.
Woodland woodpeckers have more white on their wings and back and are also very rare now. Their range is much more southern too, Midwestern and southern US.
Hmm, Wiki says Woody is modeled after this, perhaps its incorrect en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pileated_woodpecker?wprov=s…
Woody shares many characteristics in common with the pileated woodpecker in terms of both physical appearance as well as his characteristic laugh, which resembles the call of the pileated woodpecker. These similarities are the result of the artistic license of the creators and have caused much confusion within the birding community among those who have attempted to classify Woody’s species.
Interesting, I guess maybe I just thought that because his character design has white on his body.
Dude is checking you out checking him out. Cool shot!
Thanks for noticing… That’s a primary theme in my wildlife photography. I always try to get the animal looking straight into the lens, it’s a game changer
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Awesome shot! We have a couple of these Pileated Woodpeckers in my neck of B.C. as well. They’re quite timid though, only seem to be able to catch them leaving our yard.
This makes me even more excited to properly test my latest lens acquisition come spring, a 300mm F4.5 in beautiful shape :)
Congrats on the new lens. 300mm is more than enough for these big guys, but maybe not hummingbirds hehe
It’s a beautiful bird until the horny little pricks find your chimney’s metal flashing at 5:00!