Red-Bellied Ladder-Backed Woodpecker - Female

That is a super shot and so well captured too, thank you for sharing it with us.

What a great shot. Perfect captured.

Regards, Horst

SMART

Lovely - what a pretty bird.

Phil

Now that is a stunning shot of a stunning bird. Cant beat that in Lincolnshire UK I'm afraid

Thanks everyone! I've seen pictures of this bird in flight and those highly pronounced black and white stripes exposed in open wingspan are utterly gorgeous...to get a pic of that would be a trophy!

Wow, what a gorgeous shot! Sublime colours and the focus is spot on too.

Regards
David

pretty nice detail, .. interesting unusual pose; .. well captured

This is a cracking image! You seem to be having great fun with your new lens.

Thanks David, Senn and Andy! I've lived on my property for 18 years and never had a telephoto lens. All you bird photographers here at PUG have inspired me to get one and start shooting the wildlife in my backyard. So thank you all! 😉

And yes, Andy, me and this lens are getting along great and I really am having so much fun with it. I love it for the wildlife! My first attempts at portraits with it has not been as glowing, but perhaps with some practice or else down the line I'll look into a dedicated decent portrait lens.

Do you have any dowdy birds in America? This one is as magnificent as its photograph

David (wozhere), I had never heard of a dowdy bird so I looked it up and see that they are mounted porcelain replicas. Is that what you are referring too?

Excellent take.

Fabulous shot Donna, liking all your bird shots recently

You got him to pose nicely Donna!

Ty, Paul!