Nuttall's Woodpecker

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Another image from my recent California trip and another woodpecker. This time it is a Nuttall’s. This was taken in my brother’s backyard - he get one or two of these birds to visit his feeders regularly - so it was a lot lesser effort than my previous image. Nonetheless, I was happy to get an image of this very local species.

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840mm, 1/250s@F7.1, ISO4000 (was rather dark and rainy most of the time I was there). Cropped a little and processed for the web.

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A great look at this fellow! Tack-sharp bird, sweet pose, nice BG. F10 or so would have rendered all the bark sharp as well.
Nice catch!

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Beautiful job, Govind. Great pose from the woodpecker, a nice composition with the bird well placed in the frame, super head turn and nicely balanced position of the tree trunk. An extremely well executed image.

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Excellent detail and pose. A pleasing composition.

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Yes, very nice in all regards! I could see taking some off the top to feature the bird even more. I’ve only seen a few of these in our area – I wonder if they are driven away by the hordes of Acorn Woodpeckers we have.

I’m curious where this one was seen – I keep hoping for more in our area.

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Thank you all for your positive feedback.

@Diane_Miller: This was taken in Alameda very close to the bay.

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Very nice Govind! A great pose and fine detail and exposure on the bird. Subject is well placed in the frame with that upwards glance.

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