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Ladder-backed Woodpecker

I photographed this juvenile Ladder-backed Woodpecker during my last outing to the Pedernales Falls State Park bird blind. I noticed that its mother (hanging upside-down in the background) kept coming to the suet feeder, gathering food, and then heading back to the tree to feed her still-developing offspring. Sometimes the juvenile would come down and get some on his own but for the most part, he was happy being fed by his mom.

Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker

This image was taken with my Canon EOS 5DS using my Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 II Lens set on 400mm. The camera was set on Aperture priority mode with the aperture set at f/6.3, shutter speed at 1/320th of a second and the ISO set at 400. This is a single photograph processed in Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro.

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