Red-bellied Woodpecker (female) by Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik

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28-JAN-2006	Lloyd Spitalnik

Red-bellied Woodpecker (female)

Central Park, NYC

Melanerpes carolinus

Unlike songbirds which have 3 toes in front and 1 in back, woodpeckers have 2 toes in front and 2 in back. This improves stability while clinging to vertical surfaces like tree trunks.

Canon EOS 1D Mark II ,Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM ,Canon 1.4X TC
1/320s f/6.3 at 560.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Steve Morris		27-Sep-2012 16:54
This shot looks as if it's in 3D - outstanding!BV

Terry Thormin		08-Apr-2008 01:28
Super shot Lloyd. We had the first ever record for Alberta this winter, and I believe the bird is still around. I managed to see the bird both last year and this, and got some photos, but nothing nearly good enough to put on pbase

Rosemarie Kusserow		13-Jun-2007 08:50
From the other side at the tree it looks beautiful as well, nice light here, vote, Rosemarie :o)

carol j. phipps		02-Oct-2006 22:55
This is so lovely. Vote.

chrisse		05-Mar-2006 19:18
Great colours here. Superb detail. Chrisse

Jola Dziubinska		16-Feb-2006 12:23
Voted.

lou_rozensteins		16-Feb-2006 10:11
Beautiful details and colours. Well done.

Beverly Wickersham		15-Feb-2006 18:25
Excellent shot. Great detail and a nice pose. Well done.

Yi Feng		15-Feb-2006 18:09
Great catch

Buz Kiefer		15-Feb-2006 15:48
Excellent detail, perfect DoF and nice catch light.

Tom Munson		15-Feb-2006 15:11
Very nice Lloyd, tack sharp.

Sheila		15-Feb-2006 12:15
Always amazing to see a birds tongue!

Peter Stahl		15-Feb-2006 11:41
Nice capture.

Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography		15-Feb-2006 10:00
Superb!

henrywong		15-Feb-2006 08:19
very nice !

Steven Jusczyk		15-Feb-2006 08:13
Great light and detail. Nice shot.

Bryan Murahashi		15-Feb-2006 04:14
Great light and detail here.

Herb		15-Feb-2006 03:39
Nice shot

Guest		15-Feb-2006 03:11
nice woodpecker

Katie Chew		15-Feb-2006 02:49
Nice shot