Thanks for the nice comment Tikva. Yes, there are lots of very good pics of birds posted on this site. I also enjoy viewing all of them.

Ron

Thanks for looking Bill. Still have a few more sets to do.

Ron

Thanks Corky for the nice comment on my pics.

Ron

Day # 16 - Date : Monday, October 30, 2017

The Hairy are the second of the Woodpeckers that I am posting that are visitors to my feeding stations. They are the mid-size ones, bout halfway between a Downy and a Pileated. Like the other two I have two distinct families of this species come in regularly to feed. This type appeared to be a bit better producer this year than the Downy, although not as good as the pileated. This year they showed up with 2 fledglings, a male and a female. I think that each family had one offspring, but not real sure. Possibly one family had a pair. But since the 2 fledglings were never here being fed at the same time I tend to think it was one apiece. I use two suet feeding stations and on more that one occasion I had one family feeding on each one at the same time. Makes for one crowded back yard at times.

LittleRed (Ron)

Female - Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600mm @420, 1/640, f8, auto ISO @200, dist 12M


Female - Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600mm @552, 1/1000, f7.1, auto ISO @320, dist 8M


Male - Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600mm @552, 1/1250, f11, auto ISO @800, dist 10M


Male - Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600mm @420, 1/1000, f14, auto ISO @800, dist 3M


Male - Canon T6i, Canon 300mm prime, 1/1000, f5.6, auto ISO@100, dist 8M

Thanks for commenting spudkota.

Ron

I'm happy you enjoyed my pics. Thanks for commenting.

Ron

Thanks for looking and commenting.

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Thanks Dave for the kind comment.

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Thanks Jerry for looking and commenting.

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Thanks for the kind comments Robert. All my shots here with the Tamron were on a tripod. Those with the Canon were handheld. At my age I find the Tamron a mite heavy to handhold. Also I agree the Tamron is close to the Canon, but I still think I can consistently get sharper ones with the 300 prime. But you don't have the reach.

Ron

Thanks Leicaflex for the thumbs up.

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Thanks Jeff for looking and commenting, tis appreciated. Sorry about the piece of my feeding station in #3. Where it is makes it impossible to crop out and the editing program I use does not have any tool available to remove it.

Ron

Happy that you enjoyed my pics. We have lots of these characters here in Canada.

Ron

Thanks topcat for looking and commenting.

Ron

Thanks for the comment sailorsmom. These guys better pose for me if they want their millet.

Ron