For Cee’s weekly odd ball challenge, I thought this photo may do. It shows a young woodpecker pounding away at a sunflower seed that he snatched from our bird feeder.
Woodpecker trying to eat sunflower seed
He was so fast that his head was just a blur. After at least two minutes, he stopped and I took the following shot.
Woodpecker after head pounding
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Great shots! I read once that their brains are stabilized in the brain cavity, so the pounding doesn’t affect them the way it would ours, ‘sloshing’ around in brain fluid. So no headaches!
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BOTH are brilliant, Hien ! – the first one gets the woodpecker movement like nothing I’ve seen before; and the second shows him with a headache (I think). {grin}
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I agree with you! 🙂 Thank you for visiting and commenting.
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Never get tired of your bird shots! The clarity of the second one is wow!!
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Thank you Amy!
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Very cool, Hien. How far were you from the bird, if you don’t mind I ask… Thanks. Helen
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Helen, I was 20 ft away, the length of our backyard deck.
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Wonderfully photographed. You gave me a smile this morning. Thanks.
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Thank you Cee!
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