I love what you have done with your hair, a photo from Alberta, Prairies

Photographer's Note

Dryocopus Pileatus. A pair of Pileated Woodpeckers on the prowl. They are usually very loud, either through their drilling into the trees or their calls. For northern Canada, a very large and colourful bird. To find two of them, so obviously in love, is a real treat.

Elk island is a nature preserve just outside of Edmonton, Alberta. Within 50 metres of this picture there was another species of woodpecker, several species of duck, a handful of herons, a flock of pelicans and a pair of American Bitterns. And these were just the birds....

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Roly (2024) 2004-05-14 1:18

The picture is not sharp, I assume you took it from quite a distance and enlarged electronically. But the moment is quite unique: I had no clue that we have these birds around here, and isn't unusual to see woodpeckers on the ground, two in the same image!?

cdewet (0) 2004-05-15 13:35

Tom
Lucky you to see this pair. Thy F8 to F11 in this situation, it should render both birds in focus. Also, maybe a lower angle of view - you on you knees or lower, will bring them more into perspective.

edji (1368) 2004-09-15 21:46

Wow! I just saw one of this bird in the wood behind my house (in QUebec) today but couldn't took a picture. You were very lucky too see 2 of them and catched them on that photo. Good work.