Thursday 8 April 2010

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE

Ever since I have started photographing birds I have had a secret ambition that only my wife knew about,and this morning that ambition has been realised. It was to find and photograph one of  in my opinion the most beautiful and elusive birds in Britain THE GREEN WOODPECKER. So on a lovely sunny Spring morning I took a walk around one of my local patches, you can imagine my pure delight when I saw a distant bird feeding on the ground, on looking through my Binoculars revealed a gorgeous male Green Woodpecker. So slowly edging a bit closer I got as close as possible without revealing myself and spent the next 10 minutes photographing this beauty, my only wish was that I had a 5 or 600mm lens as it was still right on the edge of my focal range and my 1x4 extender was at home.Still I had my time with this bird and for that I am truly delighted, so Shrike and Green Woodpecker both in one week it cannot get much better, or can it? (Bring on the Dodo).


THE


BEAUTIFUL.


GREEN.


WOODPECKER.



ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.


11 comments:

  1. Lucky you, Monty. That`s one species i`ve longed to photograph. But i can never get within camera range.

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  2. Congratulations.............Now for the Dodo!!

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  3. Well done! have to say that the green woodpecker sparrow hawk and kingfisher are the three i wish to get in close focus so am very envious.
    Anthony

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  4. Brilliant images of a bird I haven't even seen let alone photographed!!
    Well done.

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  5. Cracking Bird,and cracking shots.
    Well done Monts.
    Cya soon.
    John and Sue.

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  6. Well done Monty. Lovely shots.

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  7. Congrats Monty. I've missed two opportunities recently when I've been driving and should have stopped. Oh well next time maybe. FAB.

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  8. Superb images and your cropping is just right.

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  9. Good job Monty, how exciting. What an interesting bird it is, I'm not familar with it at all so thank you for sharing.
    Sunny :)

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  10. Great Monts. It is so nice when it falls into place. I have never photographed one and have yet to see one on the ground....my only sighting was a brief flight glimpse early on in the year.
    Next on my list.

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  11. Absolutely stunning shots of this beautiful bird. I may be coming over again sometime.

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