Northern Flicker, red-shafted race

Northern Flicker, red-shafted race

We get both red-shafted and yellow-shafted races in Calgary. They interbreed to produce individuals with some characteristics of each. I've seen one with red-shafts and black moustachial stripes.

This was taken through our not-too-clean kitchen window, at a slow shutter speed (1/13), and hand held/braced. The image stabilization (IS) lens works!! Normally, I would use a shutter speed of 1/125 for hand holding this shot. That is about 3 f-stops faster than the actual shutter speed. The advertising for IS lens says that one gets 2 to 3 f-stops.

Shooting Date/Time: 2006-22-01 8:52:49 AM; Tv( Shutter Speed ): 1/13; Av( Aperture Value ): 5.6; ISO Speed: 100; Lens: 17.0 - 85.0 mm; Focal Length: 85.0 mm

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