View Winner

laurenkaymyers

Blue Jay and Male Red-bellied Woodpecker Fighting Over the Feeder-076

Blue Jay and Male Red-bellied Woodpecker Fighting Over the Feeder-076

I was out in my backyard this morning to photograph any birds coming to my new feeder. Suddenly, for the first time, a Male Red-bellied Woodpecker landed on th...
Read more

I was out in my backyard this morning to photograph any birds coming to my new feeder. Suddenly, for the first time, a Male Red-bellied Woodpecker landed on the feeder. Almost immediately, a Blue Jay came to the feeder and challenged the woodpecker. They started going at it over and over. It was really exciting. The Red-bellied Woodpecker stood his ground and stayed on the feeder until he got a peanut.
Read less

camera

NIKON D7100

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 500 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 2600/10

upload_date

upload_date

Dec, 2018

Views

187

Likes

+61

Awards

Peer Award

+19

Magnificent Capture

Top Choice

Superb Composition

All Star

Outstanding Creativity

Absolute Masterpiece

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

Categories

A bit of backyard drama! Who needs TV? I notice the Blue Jay has a seed in his mouth, I hope he managed to swallow it before the fight started.

Platinum

So cool! Awesome!

Submitted to Photo Contests

Image Of The Month

Tags

#bird #animal

See all

Same photographer See all

Caught him just as he roared. He was at the Brookfield zoo and was sleeping most of the day. I kept going back and he finally was awake.

Captured this at a nature center. I LOVE owls!

Caught the Lion just as he roared.

My favorite flowers

I was photographing other birds in my backyard when I spotted the hummingbird by the beautiful Fuchsia flowers and captured this shot.

Best tiger-jpg. 040

The winds at this Lighthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan were sustained at 40 mph and gusting to 60 mph. I could not stand upright on the beach. I final

Female frog appeared to be hiding from the bullfrog. She has a mosquito on top of her mouth.

New little puppy adopted by my son. Now, a few months later, he is huge.

This was taken in my backyard. I think the hummingbird blends in quite well with the bush.

Female hummingbird rested for a split second on the salvia plant.

Little female Hummingbird perched on the edge of this Roses of Sharon flower and the flower never moved because she is so tiny.

I saw this hawk land on my fence, grabbed my camera. It flew down into the bushes and caught a small bird. I thought it would fly away, but it came

Having a bad hair day!!!

Red Tulips in the Snow-0227

My favorite Rose picture

Sunset at Lighthouse at St. Joseph, Michigan-

My favorite crocodile!

Discover more photos See all

Little Lion 2 by sabrinabrockbank

Elisardo Minks_VLN8306 email by elisardominks

Spotted this black rhino walking towards us. I was hoping it will walk along the tree to get the side shot of the rhino walking by MOSTphotography

Friesian stallion at sunset on the beach. by Samantha_Dawn

A mother cheetah stands over her only surviving cub on a termite mound in the Serengeti. by chriswhittier

leo 1.1 by devonvanhoffen

Photo by LidiaCarrenoPhotography

This is a portrait of Stanley, a Bernese Mountain Dog puppy. by lednuke

After a period of fighting...some unspoken sign of defeat or submittal was giving...and the one Stallion backed off and moved along. Fortunately, nei by Pamelabole

The love this boy has is crazy. He is nothing but.....perfect. by SteveHowellPhotography

A humpback calf swims to the surface by tobinsparling

A Harrier Hawk with a roadkill rabbit as it starts to shift it away. by KimFree

A Woman and Her Horse by tylerfitz94

Just before sunset we came across a group of giraffe that we not bothered by our presence. As we waited for golden hour to arrive storm clouds rolled by Belva_Hayden

Sunset, back lighting the dust-bathing elephant by Kris_M

Guinea pig by Budanova_Mary

Things you come across when hiking. An abandoned Sloth guards an abandoned mine. Good job there was nothing to steal, he wasn't the most active o by XoniUelo2

tortuguero by fuadan

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.