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Pileated woodpecker

Pileated woodpecker

Male display. Courtship going on.

Male display. Courtship going on.
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Canon EOS-1D X

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Aperture f/9 ISO 1250 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 300/1

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Mar, 2016

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Eat mostly insects but also small mammals and birds. The smallest and most colorful falcon.

Quite common in North America.

Uncommon visitor in winter but easy to shot.

Nesting male in Quebec city area.

My top shot ever done.

Very intelligent and easily tamed.

Quite common in Quebec during fall migration

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Rare fall migrator in Quebec.

Florida is the ideal place to catch ospreys.

Larks are wintering visitors in Quebec. It took a while before I could catch dynamic shots.

I use an IPod to attract this bird on the right perch.

Spring migrator in Quebec

The most common hawk in Quebec. They feed on small rodents and passerines.

The most beautiful sea ducks fly back in rapid rivers to mate.

Caught in Central Park, New York.

Adult male captured at the end of the day.

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