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A Pair of Nesting Red-headed Woodpeckers.
This is a rare species where I am, with only one known nesting pair in the region. They have nested in the same general area for well over 15 years now, but usually deep into a privately owned forested area. Easily heard, and seen with binoculars, but very bad for "proper" photography. Until this year! Amazingly they built their nest in a tree right by the side of a quiet road. I was only able to go out for one session due to lack of time, but what a fun session it was. I got lucky here as both adults tended to the nest at the same time. Note the low light from the exif data - but the 7DII came through with good results!
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/200s., f/5.6, ISO 3200, natural light, handheld, small crop to help the comp, an extra leaf, and a twig, removed from the side edges, NR to the BG only.