{"id":59785,"date":"2019-08-29T04:08:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T10:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=59785"},"modified":"2023-09-05T08:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:55:00","slug":"photographing-a-male-downy-woodpecker-in-a-chokecherry-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/08\/29\/photographing-a-male-downy-woodpecker-in-a-chokecherry-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing A Male Downy Woodpecker In A Chokecherry Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale Downy Woodpecker clinging to a chokecherry tree – Nikon D500, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

While photographing an American Goldfinch yesterday I noticed a flash of black and white as a bird flew into a nearby chokecherry tree and when I moved my lens and focused on it I was pleased to see that it was a male Downy Woodpecker<\/span><\/a>. For a bit the woodpecker was hidden behind the leaves of the chokecherry so I continued photographing the goldfinch while keeping an eye on the woodpecker.<\/p>\n

When I noticed the Downy Woodpecker moving towards the front part of the tree I changed my focus to it and waited to see if he would come out into the open and when he did I was ready to takes images of him. This is my favorite from the series because of the clear view of the entire Downy.<\/p>\n

\"DownyDowny Woodpecker male foraging in a chokecherry – Nikon D500, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

But I liked the peek-a-boo look I seemed to be getting from the Downy Woodpecker in this frame along with how the woodpecker was framed by the chokecherry tree.<\/p>\n

I believe the black growth and the rusty area of the branch near the woodpecker’s face is caused by Black Knot, a fungal disease, the rusty-colored area at the bottom of the poopy looking section of the branch would be the spores.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Downy Woodpecker in a chokecherry – Nikon D500, f8, 1\/800, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, I like the pose of the Downy, the light and the composition but I really wish that the out of focus leaf wasn’t blocking a clear view of the top of the bird’s head. The thing is that my subjects are wild, free roaming birds in natural settings so there are times when I am not going to have everything go my way, lots of times. That’s just the way it is.<\/p>\n

Last week while I wasn’t paying attention I passed the 3000 post mark here at On The Wing Photography, today’s post is post #3008 (3,008 Days = 8 Years, 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days).<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Downy Woodpecker photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I noticed the Downy Woodpecker moving towards the front part of the tree I changed my focus to it and waited to see if he would come out into the open and when it did I was ready to takes images of him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,2142,1731,26,773],"tags":[4004,3940,6531,6486,193,2143,4136,759,4062,7602,4069,8300,6532,7282,9626,2315,4176,7281,4777,2146],"class_list":["post-59785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-downy-woodpeckers","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-canyon","tag-chokecherry","tag-clinging","tag-downy-woodpecker","tag-dryobates-pubescens","tag-foraging","tag-frustrations-in-photography","tag-male","tag-milestone","tag-mountains","tag-photographing","tag-prunus-virginiana","tag-prunus-virginiana-demissa","tag-riparian-habitat","tag-summer-3","tag-wasatch-mountains","tag-western-chokecherry","tag-woodpecker","tag-woodpeckers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t