Brown Capped Pygmy woodpecker-Male

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Tough guys to shoot. Small and constantly on the move. Was not ready for this shot as it suddenly landed close to me. I did get some sharper images with better detail but only this shot shows both the Id features Pink eye ring (for the species) and the Red streak on the head (for the male).So posting this. C&C welcome….

calicut outskirts.500D, 55-250, 250mm, f 6.3, AE, ISO 100, SS 1/80

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good to see this species. Wish for a better head turn. Where was it? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice sighting. Agree they are quite difficult to photograph. Look forward to other images in the series. Thanks for sharing.

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Wow! Nice find, had never see this before.
tfs

[Satishchandra Ranadive]

Beautiful Shot...

[Tushar Dixit]

Beautiful capture! Had eluded me so far and hence any shot a great bonus for me :)