Thanks, Chris, and to your wife. The Red Heads were quite common when I
was growing up in Mississippi, to the south of where I now live. They
were very territorial. It was not uncommon at that time to find a dead
one at the base of a wooden telephone pole, where they fought with those
beaks for the use of that particular pole. Of course, the poles of
seventy years ago were rarely treated as they are now, so they were just
a dead tree to the woodpeckers.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 5/10/2015 1:01 PM, ChrisB wrote:
Even better, Jim. I showed the previous one and this to my wife, who works for
the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. She found the bird very
interesting as she had not seen a woodpecker of that colouring (or in that sort
of pose).
She also send her condolences, as I showed her Companion Marker; the photo
received the same respectful contemplation that it had prompted in me . . .
Chris
On 10 May 15, at 18:31, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I thought it only fair to try to capture the Red Headed Woodpecker in better
light. Here he is seen taking advantage of a different feeder, where he hangs
on unchallenged for as long as he likes.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1516_filtered+FM.tif.html
<http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1516_filtered+FM.tif.html>
For the record, I did take advantage of some of the suggestions I received
after my earlier post. They helped.
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