June 29, 2011 Ladder-Backed Woodpecker at The Pond, Amado, Arizona
Ladder-Backed Woodpecker
The Pond, Amado, Arizona, USA
Canon EOS 1D Mk III, 500 f4 & 1.4x II, 1/750 sec, f8, ISO 400
Image taken on March 26, 2010.
We had a blast photographing birds, and a few mammals, at The Pond in Amado, Arizona, in late March 2010. The Pond is set up for bird photography with lots of props available for the birds to land on, and of course there's an actual pond which provides a water source which helps attract the animals. We photographed 18 species of birds and four (4) species of mammals. One of my favorite images is of a male ladder-backed woodpecker perched on a dead cholla branch.
