Pileated

[Jaime Johnson]

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Canon 1D Mark IV / Canon 300mm f2.8 L

 

[Don Ferguson Jr.]

Jamie , nice one and I bet they are hard to find.
Don

 

[Asher Kelman]

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Canon 1D Mark IV / Canon 300mm f2.8 L

Jaime,

I love your bird! It's so handsome in its red hat!

It's quite amazing to me that they can grip on to the bark with those tiny claws and hold on at such an angle with apparently so little expenditure of effort. I guess they have a very efficient balance.

Birds going up slopes by running and flapping appears to have started birds towards flight. I cannot imagine what led them to learn how to do this! It really is remarkable.

Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

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Canon 1D Mark IV / Canon 300mm f2.8 L

Jaime,

I love your bird! It's so handsome in its red hat!

It's quite amazing to me that they can grip on to the bark with those tiny claws and hold on at such an angle with apparently so little expenditure of effort. I guess they have a very efficient balance.

Birds going up slopes by running and flapping appears to have started birds towards flight. I cannot imagine what led them to learn how to do this! It really is remarkable. Maybe it's not at all complex, just like hanging merchandise on a wall in a hardware store with just hooks and a peg board. The tree is the pegboard for the birds claws, perhaps and the entire act would then require no muscle balancing at all!

Asher

 

[Don Cohen]

Beauty, Jaime. This is an infrequently seen, let alone photographed, species for me. I'd love to have this in my collection.

 

[Jaime Johnson]

Wee're luck enogh to have two or three in the yard every day this time of year!