bird photography : red-bellied woodpecker

Several Red-bellied Woodpeckers dine both on the suet feeder and the trees in Beth and John's backyard. This one decided to visit the seed feeder to pick out a few tasty peanuts before flying back up into the branches overhead.

Equipment: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT Canon EF 300mm f4L IS with 1.4x Teleconverter Settings: f8; 1/640 sec.; focal length at 420 mm; ISO 400 Date: March 23, 2006 8:24 am Location: Huntley Meadows Park / Fairfax County, VA