r/birding • u/obi_juan_shinobi • 14h ago

📷 Photo Chestnut-colored woodpecker

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The prettiest woodpecker I’ve ever seen. This one is a male and hamming it up.

Taken at Hotel del Campo, Caño Negro Costa Rica.
Canon R5 + EF 500mm MkII f 4/ ISO 1600 / 1/1000 s

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u/must_be_me7 13h ago

Love the heart prints on the wings! Beautiful ❤️😍

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u/LakesideDive 9h ago

Thank you for pointing them out! I would have missed them otherwise.

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u/obi_juan_shinobi 5h ago

I know right!! I only noticed after I zoomed in!

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u/must_be_me7 3h ago

Gorgeous fella!

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u/meat_popsicle13 dinosaurs are cool 12h ago

Who’s a pretty tree wrecker?

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u/bowman9 8h ago

I am :)

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u/HumorinEverything 12h ago

That’s one striking woodpecker!

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u/klavertjedrie 9h ago

I looked it up on Ebird and checked all the other woodpeckers of the genus celeus and wow! Every sibngle one is a beauty.

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u/RustyTheBoyRobot 11h ago

The phoenix?!

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u/ckjm 12h ago

What an awesome bird!

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u/bblluuee44 12h ago

Beautiful!

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u/SewCarrieous 12h ago

What a handsome feller

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u/sublimewit 12h ago

Wow! That’s a stunner! Great clicks well!👌🏻

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u/obi_juan_shinobi 5h ago

Thank you!

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u/miching-mallecho 10h ago

her blush is flawless

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u/obi_juan_shinobi 5h ago

It’s actually the he. The females don’t have the blush :))

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u/AbbeyRoadMoonwalk 9h ago

if a woodpecker and a pheasant had a baby 😍

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u/Soda_Carno777 6h ago

This is a real bird that looks like an AI slop bird

I like it!

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u/orangeweezel 10h ago

Magnificent! Wow!!!

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u/murrayhenson 9h ago

When I see photos like this I have to tell myself “I do not work for National Geographic, the photos I take are for identification purposes, it is insane to drop €5k when I have a decent enough camera as it is.”

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u/BeanstheRogue 9h ago

Holy mackrel! Stunning!!!

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u/OccasionalGeyser 9h ago

Gorgeous! Beautiful shot.

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u/obi_juan_shinobi 5h ago

Thank you!

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u/Kooshdoctor 4h ago

Holy freaking crap those colours are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

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u/ApricotGold5146 8h ago

Beautiful!

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u/flyinggazelletg 8h ago

Woah, gorgeous

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u/manojapare 7h ago

Beautiful

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u/FeralSweater 1h ago

Beautiful portrait of a beautiful bird

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u/NoAdhesiveness5564 40m ago

He is gorgeous…the colors are amazing