Lesser Sopotted Woodpeckers

[John Robinson]

Male in with food and female leaving nest. Done from hide originally then from vehicle. Very confiding birds. Only found on nest this year so things are down a bit. Always difficult because of light conditions as you can see with this one. Light from the back left so a problem with high lighted leaves. Very high bits softened. My son found this so giving dad a run for his dough. I don't normally put nest shots on but with woodies there is no "gardening" required and as this was close to apublic path there was no problem. I would still advise research and caution.
Large crop as lens racked out to get more depth of field for both birds.
D200
Sigma 100-300
800 ISO
200th @f 11 Levels Paint shop pro
Cheers
IQ not brilliant but you only get a chance like this once
JR :

John Robinson Worcestershire

[Warren Spreng]

Great handling of the light in a tough situation, I really like the "story" this tells as well. Nice!

[christopher galeski]

Nice action here John,getting both parent birds,some nice detail,like the beak full of food in males beak.TFS.

[Graham Wilkes]

Great catch John, difficult species to see, let alone taking a decent photograph.
As said,the image captures a moment in the lives of these secretive birds, it also shows the woodies stiff supporting tail.

Graham

[John Robinson]

Thanks guys. When one considers them the size of a sparrow it puts things into context.
. Often predatesd by greater spotted too.
JohnR

[Diane Miller]

Very pleasing shot, with good action and both sharp. I didn't realize they were that small.

There is a bit of a yellow cast but understandable with light filtering through leaves.

[John Robinson]

Thanks Diane
Woodland birds in a canopy in sublight are certainly a problem- but are they-if thats the way things look then so be it. There seems to be too much time changing things to how we think they ought to look.
Whats the point ????
Cheers
John