{"id":8072,"date":"2016-01-02T06:18:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-02T11:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=8072"},"modified":"2016-01-02T06:18:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T11:18:51","slug":"first-bird-of-2016-pileated-woodpecker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=8072","title":{"rendered":"First bird of 2016: Pileated Woodpecker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pileated Woodpecker, Roger’s Pond, Kennebunk Maine<\/p><\/div>\n

On the first day of 2016 I went to look for the Kennebunk eagles at Roger’s Pond. No show. But while I was there I saw a largish bird fly low and into a dead tree just where the creek joins the river, at the turn of the loop around the pond. A while later I heard a knock. Knock! Pileated Woodpecker! This is only my third photo op in Maine, and I have not seen them much more often than that either. They are around…even around my house…and I hear them occasionally, but a good sighting is rare. Rare enough to make this an auspicious first bird for 2016!<\/p>\n

This image is not what you might think at first glance. I used Coolage to assemble two images of the same bird, at different points as it circled the trunk, into a single image. Since Coolage blends edges and the trunk is an ideal object for a blend, it certainly looks like two Pileateds. It is not, trust me. I just wanted to give you two views of the bird. \ud83d\ude42 And it does make a striking image. Or that is what I think.<\/p>\n

Nikon P900 at 2000mm equivalent field of view. 1\/250th @ ISO 400 @ f6.5. Processed in Lightroom and assembled in Coolage.<\/p>\n

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