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Downy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

A Downy Woodpecker searches for insects in the trunk of a dead alder tree at the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

A Downy Woodpecker searches for insects in the trunk of a dead alder tree at the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/8 ISO 800 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 800/1

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Oct, 2015

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Beautiful capture. I always mix up the downy with the hairy unless they are side

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