Photos of four downy woodpeckers which visited my home this week. This was on two occasions, both times the birds were in pair (two male adults the first time, a young male and a young female the second time). I used a Minolta 500mm f/8 mirror lens, an unique lens of which I talked about in my previous post.
I ran inside to go grab my camera when I noticed this one and his friend flying around a dead tree in my backyard. I didn't think I'd be lucky enough for them to be still there when I returned. The first one is a young female:
A millisecond before taking flight. His head is blurry from fast movement, even though this was shot at 1/1500 second!
The next one is male, with his characteristic red cap.
An adult displaying his golden wings.
A second one joined him for the feast (it was a rainy day, so the bugs inside the old post must have been active).
The camera is a Sony a77.
-aoi
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