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Downy Woodpecker, back deck feeding station, Kennebunk Maine<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday’s Day Poem was about a mixed feeding flock that came to the back deck feeding station at noon. <\/p>\n

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The Red-bellied Woodpecker at the back
\ndeck feeder sent me scurrying for my
\ncamera. We don’t see them often, though
\nthey are obviously around. Of course
\nit was just flying off when I got back, 
\nbut still, it was the harbinger of a large 
\nmixed feeding flock, and I stood, propped 
\nup in the open back door, and shot birds 
\nfor 15 minutes as they came and went.<\/p>\n

Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, Chick-
\nadees and Titmice, a Nuthatch, and several 
\nJays (who would not come close while I 
\nstood there). Even a lone and lonely Junco, 
\napparently desperate for feathered company.<\/p>\n

I stood until I heard the furnace kick in,
\nand noticed my ears were getting cold.<\/p>\n

By then it was mostly Chickadees and
\nTitmice anyway…and I never did see
\nthat Red-bellied Woodpecker again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is one of the Downy Woodpeckers and one of the resulting images \ud83d\ude42 It is this kind of image that I was hoping for when I built and rebuilt the feeding station. <\/p>\n

Sony RX10iii at 600mm equivalent field of view. Program Mode. 1\/250th @ ISO 125 @ f4. Processed in Snapseed on my Android tablet. <\/p>\n

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