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24-Jan-2015	Roy Berger

Downey Woodpeck With Corn

The woodpecker has a piece of dried corn retrieved from the suet feeder.
They don't have the type of beak and tongue capable of splitting the corn to get to the inside.
It lodged the corn in the tree trunk and pecked it open.
Intelligent little survivors they seem to manage well in the bitter cold we get here at times.

Nikon D800, AF-S Nikkor 300mm F/4 D, TC1.4E II, Tripod
Exposure = 1/500s f/5.6 at 420.0mm iso280 Aperture priority, spot metering
White balance pre-set via white reference card
Focus Distance = 4.47 meters

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John Shen Photography		02-Feb-2015 07:48
Very intelligent bird at work! :)

Ruth Voorhis		01-Feb-2015 01:36
Nice catch of this bird at work, and an interesting description.

Ed Duverger		31-Jan-2015 20:27
Very smart and interesting explanation.

Guest		31-Jan-2015 15:25
Wonderful behavior

Bea.		31-Jan-2015 05:49
One smart little bird, and now the others will follow this behavior.

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