Green Woodpecker Sighting

Just as we thought there was going to be no more bird activity tonight, a Green Woodpecker arrived on our front lawn frantically pecking up ants (and the edges of the lawn).

Green Woodpeckers are very shy birds and he flew off several times when cars approached, returning a few minutes later to continue the feast! We got some great pictures. This picture was taken with the Canon EF 100-400mm IS Telephoto lens at just 1/60 second (using ISO800 and F5.6) which shows what can be achieved with this lens hand-held.

Amazingly, he was on the grass opposite at one point with a pair of Bullfinches (male and female).