by Rose H.
Member since:
January 11, 2007

Check out this feathery beauty...

February 01, 2009 03:20 PM EST
views: 103 | comments: 23

I'm so excited, my first woodpecker shot.

Don't ask me what kind, but he's big and has a red crown. He seems to come around every spring. He visited our oak tree last year, wish I'd had my new camera then.

I took the shot set on 'scene' - 'bird watching' and I'm quite pleased with the results. I don't know how 'automatic and zoom' would compare, because I didn't get a chance to try them, before he flew off.

Hammering out the goodies....

 

He flew off and kept a weary eye on me.

 

Here he is with a grub in his beak...

 

Question for my photographer friends on gather: I cropped the pics in Picasa, but I couldn't figure out how to upload them, I can only see them in the viewer. I can only upload the original picture - how do I upload from picasa? 

Well, that was the first excitement of the day, now we are getting ready to go to a superbowl football party over at a friends house. I still have to make a pasta salad. I'm really looking forward to the homemade pizza.  

Have a wonderful weekend! GO STEELERS! ....



All images taken by Rose H. - copyright 2009  

 
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Comments: 23

j - Frugal Mom - r. Feb 1, 2009, 3:22pm EST
He sure is a beauty Rose, and what a great catch. I don't have any idea about Picasa.
Svetlana Goryacheva Feb 1, 2009, 3:24pm EST
A beauty indeed! ;-)

Blessings and best wishes - S.
Marianne R. Feb 1, 2009, 3:39pm EST
He's a big one. Nice photos!
Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. Feb 1, 2009, 3:47pm EST
THAT, my friend, is a "pileated woodpecker"! I've ALWAYS wanted to see one of those! Supposedly, we have these around here but, while I've seen and photographed "Nuttall's", "Ladderbacked", "Acorn" and "Downey" woodpeckers, I've never even SEEN one of these! GREAT CAPTURE!
Tammy N. Feb 1, 2009, 3:50pm EST
Nice shot!
I think it's Woddy Woodpecker! He/she sure is a beauty!
Fran S. Feb 1, 2009, 4:02pm EST
around here we call those "red headed woodpeckers", but I'm pretty sure that is not the correct name!! Its a beautiful picture!!
JoAnn C. Feb 1, 2009, 4:12pm EST
awesome picture. he's a beauty.
Katrina Hall Feb 1, 2009, 5:07pm EST
I love those pileated woodpeckers - they're enormous! Snazzy in those red hats they wear, too.............
Dagmara H. Feb 1, 2009, 5:15pm EST
those are beautiful pictures
Ada D. Feb 1, 2009, 5:22pm EST
Yup, you've got Woody Woodpecker, the Pileated Woodpecker

Nice shots, too. The ones around here drive me nuts with their drumming and insane "laugh" but they never get close enough for a good camera shot.
Mariana T. Feb 1, 2009, 5:25pm EST
That is such an unusual woodpecker - I do not think that I've ever seen one like that - wonderful photos, Rose H. Salud
Nana to Seven Cutiepies Feb 1, 2009, 6:12pm EST
He's a real beauty and your new camera did a wonderful job.
I use Picasa 2 and just cropped a photo to be sure I knew what I was talking about;)
I clicked on the photo, went to the top to edit and crop, then I choose manual, did the crop, viewed it, then went to file top right hand corner, choose file save as which opened my pictures named it Hibiscus crop, and saved it to My Picturesfolder. Now I can go to Share Photo here on Gather and post it just like any other photo.
Hope this helps. Let me know if I missed anything.
Nana to Seven Cutiepies Feb 1, 2009, 6:23pm EST
I just posted it Rose, I hope this helped you.
Lisa Frost Feb 1, 2009, 7:48pm EST
Great photos!
Tory H. Feb 1, 2009, 8:04pm EST
Wonderful photos!
Sherrie H. Feb 1, 2009, 9:26pm EST
Wow - what a spectacular capture! He's beautiful!
Sue M. Feb 1, 2009, 11:02pm EST
What a great catch, Rose...is a "pileated woodpecker"!!! I'd love to see one of those some day, but I don't think we have them here in the Carolinas! They are beautiful birds!

Thanks for posting to *My Bird Shots*!
DIANE D. Feb 2, 2009, 9:25am EST
How NEAT!~ This was yesterday? Cheers me up!
Kim M. Feb 2, 2009, 9:57am EST
I have a couple pictures of one of those but they are not good enough to put on here, great pictures!
Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams Feb 5, 2009, 1:32pm EST
What fantastic shots of a pileated woodpecker, we have a couple behind our backyard, but they never stay still long enough for photos. Truly a great capture Rose!!!
Lou Anne L. Feb 6, 2009, 9:37pm EST
that is an exceptional catch..we have a pair right across from out sliding glass door....and I tell yo they know when we ahve the camera on....LOL
thank you for posting on gar den
Victoria H. Feb 8, 2009, 10:25am EST
Thanks so much for posting this to my group All Photo Essays Here !!

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