Sunday Selections, THE time and place to post those photos that have been aimlessly hanging around on your computer. The lovely Kim from Frogpondsrock hosts this meme. If you want to join in, just hop over to the rocking frog ponds and follow the almost non-existent rules.
So, here’s the second lot of the photos I took of the woodpecker family. Daddy Woodpecker was quite a busy boy, feeding his hungry child(ren) (I think there was only one baby, but I could be wrong). I know that Mommy Woodpecker was nearby, but she didn’t trust me enough to take her turn in feeding the little one.
I have so many shots of the woodpeckers (most of them not very good, but that is why they were still hanging around in a folder) that I’m going to spread them out over a couple of Sunday Selections. So I know you’ll be back here next Sunday. It’s a cunning plan! Next week I’ll post the rest of the shots and then I will have to go through my folders again for shots of different subjects, that haven’t been posted yet. Oh, there are lots and lots and lots of them.
What an incredible series. You are so privileged. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDelete'Privileged' is what I think of people who have parrots and other exotic (to us) birds visit their garden ;-) But you're right though. I felt very privileged to be able to follow this little family.
DeleteSo cute and much smaller than I'd thought. We don't have woodpeckers here
ReplyDeleteThese are about medium sized. I believe the black and green woodpeckers are a bit bigger. And of course the smaller spotted woodpecker is... you've guessed it... a bit smaller ;-)
DeleteThere are no woodpeckers in Australia, so I found these fascinating! thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome ;-)
DeleteI've only ever seen woodpeckers in cartoons. Real life ones are much prettier.
ReplyDeleteAnd I've never heard them laugh in real life ;-)
DeleteI have had your page open all day, and have been looking at the photos regularly :) I love #2, you really get a good look at his colours there, and the one of him in flight.
ReplyDeleteReally? Wow. Glad you like them. I'm slightly blushing ;-)
Deleteor blushing slightly
DeleteJust beautiful! I don't know how you captured this colorful woodpecker, I've never really seen one up close. You must be very quiet and still in order to get them I imagine.
ReplyDeleteWell, I have the natural ability to really blend into the background ;-) But I did keep quiet and still for quite a while in a very uncomfortable position. Oh the things we do... ;-)
DeleteI am loving your woodpecker shots!!! We have some here, but I can never get any photos of them.
ReplyDeleteI find 'shooting' birds very difficult too. This was just luck and persistence ;-)
DeleteOh my, I just love that little head poking out the hole in the tree!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I do too. He/she is very cute ;-)
DeleteWhat a great series of pictures! Woodpeckers are so appealing. We have seen pied woodpeckers here, but the green ones they call 'Yaffles' are more common. They really sound as if they're laughing - and we hear them more often than we see them because they blend in so well with the green leaves.
ReplyDeleteWe've had one on our lawn once or twice though, searching for ants!
Oh Jay, now I have to google pied woodpeckers and green 'yaffles' *sigh* (only kidding about the sigh). We seldom see green woodpeckers. They are pretty rare here. And I've only ever seen a black one once. Made my day. Year. Century.
DeleteAh, so 'my' woodpeckers are pied woodpeckers. Who knew. (I guess I'm the only one who didn't ;-))
DeleteFabulous shots! We only see juvenile woodpeckers once they start visiting the feeders.
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