{"id":137622,"date":"2024-11-30T02:30:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T08:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=137622"},"modified":"2024-11-29T15:55:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T21:55:02","slug":"male-pileated-woodpecker-up-a-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/11\/30\/male-pileated-woodpecker-up-a-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Pileated Woodpecker Up A Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, I was happy when I took my first acceptable images of a male Pileated Woodpecker in a tree at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Pileated Woodpecker in a tree at Sequoyah NWR \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 1600, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 360mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This Pileated Woodpecker photo isn\u2019t quite my dream image of the species, but it\u2019s the first nearly clear photo I\u2019ve taken of one in over 15 years.<\/p>\n

I never saw or heard Pileated Woodpeckers in Utah, so the last time I had one in my viewfinder was in April 2009.<\/p>\n

If<\/em> Ivory-billed Woodpeckers truly<\/em> are extinct, Pileated Woodpeckers take the title of North America’s largest woodpecker. Even though they are large and sometimes very noisy, they can disappear from sight easily in forests.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, I had one of these large woodpeckers in my viewfinder for a few seconds, but because of the messy setting, my camera couldn\u2019t lock onto the bird.<\/p>\n

This male Pileated Woodpecker gave me several different poses on this tree before he moved on to another, more cluttered setting.<\/p>\n

I keep hoping that I\u2019ll get my dream photos of this species soon. I\u2019m not even sure what they look like in my mind. Maybe a few images of them showing how they looked in my garden in Virginia would do? I\u2019d be delighted with those.<\/p>\n

By the way, today marks 3,500 consecutive posts in a row for me, nonstop, without skipping a day. That is almost 10 years without missing a day! That is a lot of words, photos, and thoughts!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my woodpecker photos in their galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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