Photo of the Week #3

Here is a Male Downy Woodpecker at his nest entrance ready to feed the two young chicks inside. If you look closely you can see that he has Paper Wasp larva in his beak!
This nest was located on a busy boardwalk at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida. I witnessed many people walk right by this nest with no idea a woodpecker nest was a mere three feet from their heads!
This nest became very popular with the local photographers and the woodpeckers never seemed to be alarmed in the least they came & went hourly and provided weeks worth of images.
I thought this gem of a nest would go on for years but sadly hurricane Wilma destroyed it in October of 2005. Luckily the nest was empty as the two Downy Woodpeckers fledged safely!

Photo of the Week #2

This Pileated Woodpecker image is another grab shot and was taken in Everglades National Park near the Flamigo visitor center.
I was told of a Pileated Woodpecker Nest and that it was close to the roadside and an easy shoot, so I took the 2hour dive down to Flamingo 3 days straight to photograph this very active woodpecker nest ! The chicks actually fledged mere days after I had photographed the site.


In this image the Male Pileated Woodpecker is seen flying away from the nest after feeding his young.

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