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02-JUL-2007 Tom Grey

Lewis's Woodpecker, minutes after fledging

Loyalton, Sierra Valley

This was taken about thirteen minutes after the new fledgling had emerged. At first, it stood alongside the nest and looked around. Immediately a parent flew in and fed it, shown in the previous picture. Then it began, hesitantly at first, to climb the snag; the other parent flew in and also fed it. A few minutes later it flew across to this adjoining snag, which it then climbed to the top, the moment shown here. Shortly thereafter it flew off down into the surrounding brush and out of sight.

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
1/1250s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso800 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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