Female Hairy Woodpecker

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The Hairy Woodpecker is occasionally seen in the Vancouver area, if you're fast enough! These lively birds do not migrate. We made several attempts to capture an image of this female who kept moving about trying to have a meal. Since a digital camera was used, we were not worried about wasting film - as we had space for over 100 exposures in the camera's memory card. We have another image of a Hairy Woodpecker in our Gallery 9, but it is actually more a composition of trees than that of the bird.

Note: This image is a crop from the original image. The entire frame of the original image is shown on the right.

The camera recorded the following information in the original image file:

Nikon D1X
   03/03/2003 11:47:55.5 AM
   Color
Data Format:         RAW (12-bit)
Compression:         None
Image Size:          Large (3008 x 1960)
Lens:                80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal Length:        400mm
Exposure Mode:       Aperture Priority
Metering Mode:       Multi-Pattern
   1/160 sec - f/11
Exposure Comp.:      -1/3 EV
Exposure Difference: 0 EV
Flash Sync Mode:     Not Attached
Sensitivity:         ISO 250
Color Mode:          Mode II (Adobe RGB)
Hue Adjustment:      3
   Gerald & Irmgard Carter
White Balance:       Direct sunlight
Tone Comp:           Less Contrast
Sharpening:          None