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06-OCT-2011

Yellow-belllied Sapsucker juv - High Pines Duxbury Beach - Oct. 6, 2011

The molt on this juvenile perfectly matched the tree it was on. While trying to follow a warbler flitting thought the bushes something caught the corner of my eye and I turned to look at the spot. After staring intently into the area for a minute or more and seeing no movement, I was about to turn back to the other bird when it suddely came to life and started moving around the tree. I had been staring directly at it and not seen it! It was as though the bark of the tree itself had started to move. I had seen and heard two adults awhile earlier and so was alert to their presense - yet I'm convinved that I would never have seen this one if it hadn't decided to move.

Canon EOS 40D
1/640s f/9.0 at 400.0mm iso500 full exif

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