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.


Posted by Monts at 15:56
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11 comments:

  1. Anonymous8 April 2010 at 16:13

    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. ADRIAN8 April 2010 at 16:14

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

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  3. Unknown8 April 2010 at 17:08

    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. Ashley Hugo8 April 2010 at 19:53

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

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  5. JRandSue8 April 2010 at 20:00

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

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  6. Angie Moore8 April 2010 at 20:59

    Well done Monty. Lovely shots.

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  7. FAB8 April 2010 at 21:26

    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. Sam and Lisa8 April 2010 at 21:33

    Superb images and your cropping is just right.

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  9. Sunny8 April 2010 at 22:26

    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. Unknown10 April 2010 at 21:54

    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. Bill S.11 April 2010 at 05:10

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

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