This is the first time this colourful garden visitor has been seen this year. These markings are of a juvenile, thankfully it stayed feeding long enough for me to fetch my camera.
This is the first time this colourful garden visitor has been seen this year. These markings are of a juvenile, thankfully it stayed feeding long enough for me to fetch my camera.
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The wookpeckers here never come near the bird feeder. The large spotted woodpeckers look such comic characters on the peanuts. It must be that large red mark or the black spots, they do not look elegant like many birds. Amelia
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Lucky you to see one so close up!
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The picture was taken through the dining room window using a tele lens with the flash turned off.
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