A busy woodpeck hard at work

First we only heard the woodpecker, but after looking through the underbrush, we finally found him. he was poking the tree fiersly and wasn't at all disturbed by us.

[👑 AnaZad]

Lovely capture of this pretty woodpecker.

[Dawn]

Cool image

[Bep]

Nice image.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great find and capture.

[alia_801]

Great spotting!

[Maggiemae]

I've yet to learn why the wood pecker pecks wood! Good to see this fine little bird so close!

[bruni]

@maggiemae I googled it... https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=Hwhy+do+woodpecker+peck+&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGHP_enCA636CA636&q=why+do+woodpecker+peck+at+trees+&gs_l=hp..4.0i22i30l3j0i22i10i30j0i22i30.0.0.0.22121...........0.VK3Zegrhhfc

[Call me Joe]

Sweet shot:)!

[Kerri]

Very cool

[Maggiemae]

@bruni Wow - thanks Bruni!

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of this beautiful colored bird.