elusive green snow plough

[Falk]

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A Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) male, had the guts to present himself, digging a quite good sized hole into my lawn, in search for food. He spent about 15min. and I took some 150 photos at high ISO (1600-2000).
I hear this species call all year round and do see them on occasion too. But to get a decent photo of them has been almost impossible so far. Now I should be happy, right?! But instead I almost wish I had not seen him at all, because the terrible noise in every shot I have buggs me ...

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Remember to drop some unnescessary weight before take off!

Everything is croped by 25%

Must be one of our best looking birds!? What do you all think?
Falk

[Zuiko]

Re: elusive green snow plough

I love green woodpeckers, such a colourful bird, and these are wonderful pictures.

[Imageryone]

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Never mind the quality get the pic

With these ' in the can' the future can offer improvement, many have never even seen one.

[Falk]

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Thanks both for your comments.

For web-presentation these shots are still all right, yes. But I hope it does not take many years again, until I can try to improve these ...

[Wee man]

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Was a bit worried when the first one opened thought it was injured or shot then moved on down to your great shots of a bird I have heard but never seen. Thanks for posting.

[Imageryone]

Re: elusive green snow plough

Thanks both for your comments.

For web-presentation these shots are still all right, yes. But I hope it does not take many years again, until I can try to improve these ...

I have found that it pays to keep a good Anthill in the lawn, Greenies just love Ants.