First Shot of the Day

Happen to catch the Red Bellied Woodpecker as he/she swooped down to the ground for food.

I have done no editing to this shot.

[Jani M]

ummmm..... should it be Red Headed... ? Fun capture, love the tongue :)

[melissa]

@janmaki
No Jani. We've had this conversation before. lol. The Red Headed woodpecker has a deeper red head that is entirely covered.

[Mary]

That is just beautiful!! Great capture,Melissa!

[melissa]

@buttercup
Thanks Mary!

[Jani M]

@mej2011 I protest. With that bright red head & that feeble brownish chest hair, how can someone name this bird "Red bellied hummingbird" ?!? :-)

[melissa]

@janmaki
They didn't they named it "Red Bellied Woodpecker". Hummingbirds are ENTIRELY different.

[Jani M]

@mej2011 check your caption then ;-)

[melissa]

@janmaki
Oops! Thanks! Don't know where that came from.

[Rosie Kind]

Lovely

[patricia janik]

so cute, he looks like a baby bird!

[melissa]

@patjanik @rosiekind
Thanks!

[Paula]

I wish I could fav your profile pic:)

[melissa]

@pwallis
I will add it to facebook so you can "like" it. lol

[Jason Daniels]

he looks hungry.

[melissa]

@bobfoto
I'm sure he was.

[Lorraine]

One of these buggers woke me up this morning!!! ; ))

[Rachael]

awwwh so cute! great shot!x

[melissa]

@lorraineb
lol. I'm sorry.

[melissa]

@raggleroo
Thanks Rachael!

[melissa]

@buccigrossi
Looks like a male then, correct?

[Brian Buccigrossi]

A young one,yes :) Great capture and album!

[melissa]

@buccigrossi
Thanks so much Brian!

[melissa]

@nanalisarocks
I think this is my favorite bird.

[Lisa]

awesome capture!
I don't think I've ever seen one!

I saw @buccigrossi posted and thought he was back......

[melissa]

@nanalisarocks
Up until 2 years ago, I had never seen ANY of these birds. Yay for rural life! :)