Home Forums Gear Photography Shy little downey woodpecker finally got caught..

On film. He's been extremely shy over the last 4 months, he finally sat on the suet long enough to have a picture or ten taken.

Gold finches are around constantly as long as I keep the sunflower seeds filled.

Camera body is an old Canon EOS Rebel XT, lens is a Sigma 150-600mm. We usually have the Sigma on a newer Canon EOS. Still impressed with the picture for such an old camera. Did do a bit of post processing to adjust the exposure a little to compensate for a dusty window.

Nice capture. They're a lot like gray squirrels as the try to place themselves on the opposite side of tree when one is around.

I watched on for quite a while a couple of weeks ago. He was feeding on something in the cracks on the bark of a willow tree, about 5 ft from my deer stand. I did know exactly what he was at the time, so when I got to the house, I got on the computer and looked it up. Neat bird. miles

Put out some mealworm suet and this guy stopped by this morning. Happened to catch him as I wandered up to freshen up my coffee. Haven't seen him around before, but neighbor says he's been on their suet quite a bit. Red belly woodpecker..

Makes me wish I had more time to sit and watch the birdfeeders.

nice.

Was blessed to watch this little guy during deer season.

I struggle with auto-focus.

Need a better camera. What are you using?

Handy little Canon SX740 HS.
I always have it with me when hunting.

I am working on using a Olympus OM-D E-M5 III with 14-150mm just received from CameralandNY.

I will keep trying and learning.

Good shots but need some more substantial glass on the front end.