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Published: 2016-04-25 01:30:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 280; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 0
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Another beautiful shot of a bird. You manage to capture the colors, detail and expression. And the background colors you get are just beautiful! No idea how you do that.
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Thanks! I actually had little to do with those background colors other than noting the lighting was nice and getting my camera out. The flicker chose the spot. Very clever of him.
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beautiful bird and capture, Tris..well worth all the patience
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Thanks, Addam. I know the focus isn't perfect, but it's close enough considering I usually only see the disappearing rump of these gorgeous birds. 
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focus is better than any bird picture i've taken..even ones of stationary lawn ornament ones! my pleasure, Tris
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It's a beautiful species! It's some kind of woodpecker? It's a little similar to the chilean Pitío
The suggestion of your daughter is one of the bests! Very useful!
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It's called a northern flicker. It can be found all over the U.S., but it's very shy. And yes, my daughter gets credit for this one.
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Wonderful capture! Nice pose and an attractive foggy background, wonderful!
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Thank you.
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I'd make a guess that you only got the one shot, they are pretty wary.
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They are indeed, but this pair didn't notice me until I'd fired off a dozen shots. I was surprised.
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They didn't pose together, but I believe I got the male who is a bit more splendid than his mate. (Not that the missus isn't beautiful too.)
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They are both beautiful. Especially the underwings. I've been hoping to catch that but nothing special yet....
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That's the way to do it, for sure. I do it often enough that most are only mildly cautious when I'm sitting there.
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And now I don't have to worry about it 'cause I can walk in my favorite bird habitat. It just reopened on Sunday. (It's an elk refuge in the winter.) I should see lots of migrating birds in the next month. Yay!
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Yay! Looking forward to seeing what you find....
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My daughter spotted a number of glossy ibises there two days ago. We saw them last year too. Still seems odd they'd be this far west.
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I'm hearing many creatures are being seen out of their normal areas. Some are leaving, some are coming....
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Yep. The animals and birds get to deal with the results of human shenanigans. Poor things.
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Yes, but the time will come when humans will suffer too. Some already do....
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