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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
STEFFRO1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius)

I thought this was a red-bellied when I first spotted it but a pleasant surprise as they are much rarer here. The only bird I photographed this morning, cold and overcast and I didn't bring a jacket! Dummy! At Huntington Beach State Park, SC
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Habitat
Tidal Marsh Nikon
Location
Huntington Beach State Park, SC
Date taken
1/13/2021
Scientific name
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Equipment used
D7200 with Tamron 150-600mm lens
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Reactions: GerryHerd, Chickadee6, delia todd and 1 other person
Kits
A lovely capture of your rarity, Bob. Hope you've warmed up now!
 
Stanley Jones
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Brilliant close-up of this beautiful sapsucker. Great head turn with marvelous eye contact. Terrific Bob!
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
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That's a right lovely looking woodpecker Bob and you've taken a grand picture of him too my friend.

Many thanks for showing him to us lad.
 
GerryHerd
He blends right in against that tree trunk. The only one of these I’ve ever seen close enough to photograph was an immature one, and the markings weren’t as sharp or bright as this one of yours.
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
STEFFRO1
Date added
View count
220
Comment count
7

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7200
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
460.0 mm
Exposure time
1/400 second(s)
ISO
1600
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 75_0227.jpg
File size
395 KB
Date taken
Wed, 13 January 2021 9:55 AM
Dimensions
769px x 1024px

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