Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker (Colaptes auratus auratus)

Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker (Colaptes auratus auratus)

One of my first digiscoped shots. This bird was in dim light, so I upped the ISO to 800 to get an image. It isn't pretty, but demonstrates the potential to help document rarities (which this flicker is not). Shot through a double paned window, handheld, 1/60 sec, f3.8, about 40x.

Carroll Co., VA 10/7/2001.

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