I've been wanting to get a shot of these shy birds for a long time and finally saw one in a snag while I was sitting having coffee. When I slid the door open she flew off and I missed the shot and went back for more coffee. Thankfully she reappeared a while later and I snuck out the back door. This was taken with a 300mm lens and cropped severely because the snag was far away. I'm tickled that it came out as sharp as it did.
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You were so fortunate, firstly because it reappeared and secondly that it was sitting in the open! Did you by any chance try to identify it? I have had a quick look through my SA field guide, but we don't have this species of Woodpecker in SA. Great shot, bearing in mind the distance it was from you!
