great spotted woodpecker female

Hope You Enjoy Our Visitor From Today,

This female appears to feeding young on her own, judging by the amount of food she's carrying off, and the fact I've not seen the male for weeks. Through the window, and only managed 1/30th second shutter, but I like how she's hanging on to the feeder.

I have a couple of nesting pairs at my feeding station, but this is somehow very different from the others as she has a brownish color on the feathers. I believe that this is some kind of stuff from her nest inside a old pine tree? She is also being harassed and pursued by a other pair of...

Another picture of the female that visited the garden the other week. I was hoping to get some pictures in better light, but she hasn't returned, so I might as well add this picture to my gallery. Through the window, and another at only 1/40th second shutter speed (thank goodness for Image...

I see quite a few of these at the Reservoirs, but they're usually high up a distant tree, or too far in amongst the branches to get a picture. This is the closest that I've got so far.

Even though I've got lots of pictures from the Reservoirs yesterday, to upload, I've decided to upload another of the female GSW from my garden the other day. As before, it was poor light, and this time I only managed 1/25th second shutter speed - hand-held @ 494mm zoom (so pushing my luck a...

Never got a good shot of dad, it was always mum hanging around near the youngsters

Taken in the rain with a twin flash set up, hence the double catch light !

Another image of this lovely lady, this one with out a crop.

Another shot of the Female Great Spotted Woodpecker that regularly visits my feeding station.

This Female GSW landed about 6 metres away and filled the frame. I had wedged some crushed peanuts on the rear of this perch. She lapped them up and I was amazed how at ease she was with me so close in the car.