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The Red-headed Woodpecker is a gorgeous woodpecker bird with a bright red head from which it got its name. This North American species, with its boldly-patterned plumage, is popular among the bird-watchers and is widely spread almost all across the country, and is known in different names like ‘flag bird’ and ‘patriotic bird’. Once a very common bird in the country’s eastern part, this species has been showing long-term declines in a moderately rapid rate, which is primarily because of their degradation and loss of habitat in recent decades.
The red-headed woodpecker was a favorite to celebrated ornithologists like Alexander Wilson and Audubon.
These birds are ‘monomorphic’, which means, the males and females look so similar that, they are practically indistinguishable even when taken in the hand. To know the gender, you actually need to run a DNA test or a dissection of the bird.
This species is the only woodpecker in the eastern part that has a completely red head.
In 1996, the RHW was featured on a United States Postal Service 2-cent stamp.
These are one of the only four woodpecker species that cover their reserved foods with bark or wood. They would even store live stocks like grasshoppers wedged so tightly in a crevice that it is impossible for the insect to escape.
This species of woodpeckers is relatively small compared to others in its family.
The presence of white patches on its wings makes them especially noticeable when they are flying.
In this species, the annual adult survivorship is estimated to be around 62%.
This bird can dig holes that can measure up to 20 to 60 centimeters in depth.
A red-headed woodpecker takes 2-3 weeks or more to excavate one single hole.
I found this one along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.
Flag Reflections small town USA shop hanging in there window and reflecting lights in the street, found in North Carolina.
View from the pier on Cyprus.
This photo was taken in the spring of 2015, in the early morning in Girne,Cyprus
This tattered flag is due to be replaced I hope by the owners ... but maybe it could be used to fly over Baltimore City, the rioting there is not the best display of America.
I forgot to post this today, June 14 is our Flag day,
No need to comment......
Taken at Jones beach air show.
Happy Slider Sunday!
Switching gears again. Some of you may see an echo of the Texas state flag in this compilation of images from Texas.
Wonderful Nude Diver Mascot on a 1930 Rolls, in B&W. Superb sculpture.
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Last year for Canada Day I did a version of the flag from a photo of a maple leaf that I had taken. I will see if I can find it and put it n Comments.
This year, I decided to change to colours in consideration of the recent findings of unmarked graves of First Nations children.
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Focus stack (10 images) Shot with single off-camera strobe (Godox AD200Pro/XPro II L trigger), bare bulb, mounted to overhead boom.
Shot for Smile on Saturday, theme - FLAG UNFLAGGED.
This shot is from several years ago as I have next to no snow at all so far this winter and I am missing it!
The blue flag is a perfect example of why I love wildflowers and enjoy photographing them. The domesticated, garden iris is larger, more showy and comes in a variety of bright colors. But they are planted, fertilized and watered by humans and they contribute very little to the environment, other than their beauty. The wild iris has been on its own for eons, is beautiful in its own right, and provides food and pollen to native pollinators and other important critters. Photographed in the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge in western Wisconsin.
I will have to admit that close cropped 'abstract' images of classic cars are a favorite of mine. This late afternoon sunlight reflected on the chrome shield (ineffective for real world rocks) detail of the 1939 Bugatti Type 57C Vanvooren Cabriolet seen in it's entirety in the previous image, appeals to my art sense more than images of the entire car surrounded by mobs of people and other cars. Since no one has ever tossed me the keys to their multimillion dollar baby, and said 'take all the weeks you want to find the ideal spot, and wait for the perfect weather, preferably moody stormy skies..............I adapted many years ago to darting in among the crowds, to get my interesting closeup. I think this is a nice one, but then I am biased. I have blown this one up to 40"X30" and it is pretty bold when really big.