Downy Pecker

This little lady has been a constant visitor to my feeder but she hides on the backside and flies away when I approach the window with the camera. I refilled this with the little balls she loves today and I guess it was just too much to leave. I know this is the downy because of the black spots on the white tail - which I tried to bring out so you can see them behind the grid pattern.

[Graham Thresher]

A really fabulous capture.

[Emilie Cartoun]

Adorable.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Amazing capture Joan! Fav!

[Candace]

The little lady is a great catch!

[Linda Plummer]

Excellent shot. She's watching you, too.

[Hilary]

Wow - fav

[Kate]

Beautiful!

[Islandgirl]

What a pretty woodpecker!

[Frances Klein]

Great capture Joan. fav

[Richard Sayer]

She looks a little miffed - I can imagine her saying, "It's that damned camera lady again!" This is good work Joan.

[Lin]

Adorable!

[Yeshanghai]

Gorgeous close up shot!

[Margaret Obey]

This really pops on black and you can see clearly the downy quality of his feathers.

[Rachel]

Lovely shot, I like the details on the face.

[Louise]

Just starting on this project and I love your photos!!

[Arthur Loosley]

Lovely shot, nice details.

[Jan Rose]

Lovely capture.

[Francoise]

nice one. I had a vision of an oversize bird on a lighthouse, but then it resolved to the proper scale.

[Rachel Withey]

Love woodpeckers. This is a great shot. You get an impressive selection of birds in your garden

[Tom]

Wonderful

[Harry J Benson]

Nice capture, good detail and lighting

As your get-pushed partner this week, I would like you to do a yin-yang photo either as a single photo or a diptych for ideas you can go to filckr and search on yin-yang - good luck

[Rosie Kerr]

I really enjoy the speckles that spread across a woodpecker's shoulders... they are so pretty. A very nice capture of this bird.

[Juan B.]

Great shot. You caught a lot of details

[Joan Robillard]

@hjbenson Sounds interesting. Thanks

[Nancy]

Super shot, love the detail of the little lady. Lucky bird to have that food supply!

[Alison Roberts]

Beautiful shot and great detail Joan - a FAV for me!

[Pete Roberts]

Excellent shot Joan good compositiion

[Vera]

Such beautiful focus on the subject! The details are incredible, as if you asked him to sit there and not move for the photo! Wonderful bird portrait.