Woodpecker with puffed up feathers in strong wind
Jan 18, 2016 22:58:14 #
Mubashm
Loc: Gaithersburg, Maryland
Today, we had very bad weather with strong winds and super cold. Through the glass door in our kitchen I took these photos of woodpecker which was sitting on a tree in the backyard. Strong wind had made the feathers of the woodpecker puffed up.
Jan 18, 2016 23:02:07 #
Raymond
Loc: Portland Oregon
Mubashm wrote:
Today, we had very bad weather with strong winds and super cold. Through the glass door in our kitchen I took these photos of woodpecker which was sitting on a tree in the backyard. Strong wind had made the feathers of the woodpecker puffed up.
Great capture!
Jan 18, 2016 23:03:56 #
Jan 18, 2016 23:10:13 #
Nice shots ... especially since you didn't have to go out in the cold.
I doubt that the wind puffed up the feathers. Puffing their feathers is a method most small birds use to stay warm. The puffed up feathers help keep the wind off their bodies, as well as trapping heat.
I doubt that the wind puffed up the feathers. Puffing their feathers is a method most small birds use to stay warm. The puffed up feathers help keep the wind off their bodies, as well as trapping heat.
Jan 18, 2016 23:13:46 #
Jan 18, 2016 23:14:26 #
Jan 18, 2016 23:22:00 #
Mubashm
Loc: Gaithersburg, Maryland
Bill_de, thanks for your comments.
Bill, I was not sure to use puffed up for this situation. I was about to mention about this in my message but did not. However, Bill, could you please let me know what word or words I should have used instead?
Bill, I was not sure to use puffed up for this situation. I was about to mention about this in my message but did not. However, Bill, could you please let me know what word or words I should have used instead?
Jan 18, 2016 23:26:38 #
I think puffed up was the right phrase. But I believe it was a natural reaction of the bird to the cold. Once puffed up the wind will have some effect.
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Jan 18, 2016 23:29:23 #
Jan 19, 2016 04:12:51 #
Jan 19, 2016 04:52:21 #
Superb pictures Mohammed, really well captured,
Geoff
Geoff
Mubashm wrote:
Today, we had very bad weather with strong winds and super cold. Through the glass door in our kitchen I took these photos of woodpecker which was sitting on a tree in the backyard. Strong wind had made the feathers of the woodpecker puffed up.
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