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Pale-billed Woodpeckers

Pale-billed Woodpeckers

We were walking the trails through the Carara Rainforest in Costa Rica when we heard the distinctive sound of a woodpecker pecking. When we found the source of ...
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We were walking the trails through the Carara Rainforest in Costa Rica when we heard the distinctive sound of a woodpecker pecking. When we found the source of the sound we were delighted to find not one but a pair of woodpeckers working on this tree trunk!
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture 56/10 ISO 8000 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 400/1

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Jan, 2017

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