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Picoides pubescens
A lovely male Downy Woodpecker flying from the suet feeder. Males are characterized by the red cap.
This was my first attempt at trying to capture an in-flight shot other than that of a soaring raptor. It's quite hard, but I hope to improve soon!
Spotted on Mar 2, 2014
Submitted on Mar 13, 2014
6 Comments
Thank you so much, Cindy!
Great shot!
Thank you very much, Fyn, Ava, and Marta!
Super shot, Jacob!
Beautiful photo!
Great capture!