Greater spotted woodpecker

[Mutley]

Heard this little guy hammering away just as I walked underneath him. Luckily I had my long lens with me.


Nikon D600 Sigma 150-500mm

[Shadowman]

Nice capture.

[Ziggy]

Nice capture of a interesting looking woodpecker.

[Geoff F]

Yes, nicely bright but the potential over exposure area on the tree has been sufficiently constrained.

[davidedric]

Good. Very, very good IMHO. Lovely feather detail.

I'd probably crop a bit off the right to focus even more on the bird.

Thanks for sharing,

Dave

[Mutley]

Thanks for the kind comments all.
I haven't really touched this with PP yet. I'll take Geoff's comments on board and try darkening the bright areas on the tree a bit for a final version.
Thanks again.

[Dave Humphries]

Good capture Steve,

Looks like odd behaviour (well, I mean unknown to me) - it seems to be stripping the bark, rather than digging a next hole (let's face it, that trunk ain't thick enough!).

Anyway, if you're in the same country as me, it isn't currently a nesting time of year (I'd have thought) - and EXIF seems to show it was shot very recently.

Cheers, Dave

[IzzieK]

This is a good shot. Ours here do not have the red feathers...just black and white...

[Mutley]

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Good capture Steve,

Looks like odd behaviour (well, I mean unknown to me) - it seems to be stripping the bark, rather than digging a next hole (let's face it, that trunk ain't thick enough!).

Anyway, if you're in the same country as me, it isn't currently a nesting time of year (I'd have thought) - and EXIF seems to show it was shot very recently.

Cheers, Dave

I think it was just feeding Dave. The tree it's on is dead, so my guess is it was hunting for grubs.
I freely admit to knowing zip about their behaviour though

Regards Steve

[Saorsa]

Good capture Steve,

Looks like odd behaviour (well, I mean unknown to me) - it seems to be stripping the bark, rather than digging a next hole (let's face it, that trunk ain't thick enough!).

Anyway, if you're in the same country as me, it isn't currently a nesting time of year (I'd have thought) - and EXIF seems to show it was shot very recently.

Cheers, Dave

That's fairly typical feeding behaviour. It looks like a Birch tree which has thin but very strong bark. That means it comes off in strips rather than chunks.

Digging deep holes in a tree is generally nesting vs. feeding behaviour.