Feeding Time – Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Glen Canyon Park in San Francisco is like my backyard. I am supposed to know all resident birds. Somehow this Nuttall’s Woodpecker family eluded my detection until noisy feeding activities got my attention.

Nuttall’s Woodpecker Nestling Ready to Fledge

Nuttall’s Woodpecker nestling in a Yucca Palm tree in my front yard, Oakland, CA.
Photo was taken 5/25/17, the day before it fledged.
Olympus OM-D E-M10; 1/250 sec; F6.7; M-Zuiko, 300mm

Curious Nuttall’s Woodpecker Nestling

Nuttall’s Woodpecker nestling in a Yucca Palm tree in my front yard, Oakland, CA.
Photo was taken 5/25/17, the day before it fledged.
Olympus OM-D E-M10; 1/200 sec; F6.7; M-Zuiko, 300mm

Cheerful Nuttall’s Woodpecker Nestling

Nuttall’s Woodpecker nestling in a Yucca Palm tree in my front yard, Oakland, CA.
Photo was taken 5/25/17, the day before it fledged.
Olympus OM-D E-M10; 1/125 sec; F6.7; M-Zuiko, 300mm

Nuttall’s Woodpecker Nestling

Nuttall’s Woodpecker nestling in a Yucca Palm tree in my front yard, Oakland, CA.
Photo was taken 5/25/17, the day before it fledged.
Olympus OM-D E-M10; 1/200 sec; F6.7; M-Zuiko, 300mm