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Acorn Woodpecker
PanamaHarpy

Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Location
Volcan-Chiriqui-Panama
Date taken
8/21/2009
Scientific name
Melanerpes formicivorus
Equipment used
Canon 40D and Sigma 170-500 mm Lens
Coati
Another nice capture; saw them a few times, never got a good shot

try DAMN hard to get a Cinammon they are on the plantation road, very few photos exist!
tfs
 
PanamaHarpy
Thanks Coati, this one I got two years ago at Volcan Chiriqui Province near the border with CR. I wish I had the sigma lens that I got right now back then. This one was taken with the lder model and sharpness is not that good. Cinammons are hard to get ndeed.
 
Stanley Jones
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Wonderful capture and picture of this woodpecker that we refer to as the clown bird. Excellent pose with great eye contact and feather detail. Superb!!!
 
Coati
Hi

Volcan is an interesting area though I did not do so well near the lagoons

Saw Acorns at Cielito Sur actually 5 in one go at the top of the large fir tree out front
Also saw on the trail to the Los Quetzales cabins; actually very close to where we got 7 quetzal
 

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