Gila Woodpecker

[Rick Bowers]

Gila Woodpecker on Cholla Cactus skeleton - Tucson, Arizona, USA - March

Gila Woodpeckers are the common larger woodpecker in the southern half of Arizona and northwest Mexico.

50D, 500, 1/400 sec; f/9; ISO 200, bird was coming to food.

Enjoy!

[Doug Brown]

I like your perch, flowers, and BG. Nice head angle. I might darken the lower 1/4 of the image a bit as it seems strongly lit.

[Richard Flack]

Beautiful image Rick. Love the perch. Agree with Doug. TFS.

[vishaljadhav]

Lovely looking bird with great IQ
Nice perch with flowers and all that around, smooth BG is pleasing to eye
A bit of luminosity reduction on the perch may be nice

[Danny Laredo]

Wonderful image. Love the setting.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice setting and pose, Rick. You might want to selectively darken the bird and the perch.