2015-05-17 Moose-Wilson Road
The Moose-Wilson Road skirts the western perimeter of the greater Jackson Valley just west of the Snake River. The northern end of the road ends at the Teton Park Road near the village called Moose, or Moose Junction. There had been reports of Black-Backed Woodpeckers seen in this area recently, so I checked it out. Black-Backed Woodpeckers seek burned out forested areas, and up the spur road called Whitegrass Ranch Road, there are sections of the forest up “Death Canyon” that fit this description.
I failed to find the Black-Backed Woodpeckers, but I had some decent encounters with Mule Deer, Red-Breasted Nuthatch, Three-Toed Woodpecker, and Townsend’s Solitaire.
2015-05-19 Moose-Wilson Road Re-Visited
That I did not find the Black-Backed Woodpecker on my earlier visit, does not, in my mind, constitute a failure. Those birds that I found made this outing a success … glass half full. On this day, Williamson’s Sapsuckers made a nice show for me. It was also on this day that I realized just how similar the sounds (taps, drumming, calls) that ALL sapsuckers are. So far on this trip I’ve met the Red-Naped and the Williamson’s members. Later on the trip, I would be meeting the Red-Breasted Sapsucker. The drum tap cadence is nearly the same as the other sapsuckers … I can’t differentiate by ear. It’s a “dut-dadadutdut–dut-dut” sound from each of these. And the calls are quite similar as well. I can’t trust my ears to distinguish ID’s on these birds.
The birds I recorded on this day were American Robin, Chipping Sparrow, Dark-Eyed Junco, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Three-Toed Woodpecker, Williamson’s Sapsucker, and Audubon’s Yellow-Rumped Warbler.
Mule Deer(Odocoileus hemionus) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:17 8:33 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X3129-MuleDeer |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Three-Toed Woodpecker(Picoides dorsalis) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:17 8:56 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X3137-ThreeToedWoodpecker |
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American Three-Toed Woodpecker(Picoides dorsalis) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:17 8:56 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: D3X3143-ThreeToedWoodpecker |
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American Three-Toed Woodpecker(Picoides dorsalis) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:17 9:25 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X3181-ThreeToedWoodpecker |
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Townsend's Solitaire(Myadestes townsendi) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:17 11:11 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X3221-TownsendsSolitaire |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Townsend's Solitaire(Myadestes townsendi) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:17 11:18 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: D3X3241-TownsendsSolitaire |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Townsend's Solitaire(Myadestes townsendi) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:17 11:19 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: D3X3246-TownsendsSolitaire |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Townsend's Solitaire(Myadestes townsendi) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:17 11:26 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X3257-TownsendsSolitaire |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Townsend's Solitaire(Myadestes townsendi) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:17 11:27 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X3261-TownsendsSolitaire |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Red-Breasted Nuthatch(Sitta canadensis) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:17 11:36 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X3273-RedBreastedNuthatch |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Near the Murie Center off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 10:52 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X3378-ChippingSparrow |
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Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Near the Murie Center off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 11:00 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X3414-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dark-Eyed Junco(Junco hyemalis) |
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Description: Near the Murie Center off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 11:08 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X3426DarkEyedJunco |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Near the Murie Center off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 11:13 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X3437-AmericanRobin |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Williamson's Sapsucker(Sphyrapicus thyroideus) |
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Description: Male bird I met near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming USA 2015-05-19. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 11:51 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X3443-WilliamsonSapSucker |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet(Regulus calendula) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 12:11 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: D3X3455-RubyCrownedKinglet |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Rumped Warbler(Setophaga coronata auduboni) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 12:32 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X3464-YellowRumpedWarbler |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Rumped Warbler(Setophaga coronata auduboni) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 12:37 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: D3X3547-YellowRumpedWarbler |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Rumped Warbler(Setophaga coronata auduboni) |
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Description: (Setophaga coronata auduboni) Breeding male bird seen near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming USA 2015-05-19. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 12:37 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X3553-YellowRumpedWarbler |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Rumped Warbler(Setophaga coronata auduboni) |
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Description: (Setophaga coronata auduboni) Breeding male bird seen near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming USA 2015-05-19. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 12:38 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X3578-YellowRumpedWarbler |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Rumped Warbler(Setophaga coronata auduboni) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 12:38 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X3585-YellowRumpedWarbler |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Rumped Warbler(Setophaga coronata auduboni) |
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Description: (Setophaga coronata auduboni) Breeding male bird seen near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming USA 2015-05-19. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 12:43 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: D3X3647-YellowRumpedWarbler |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Williamson's Sapsucker(Sphyrapicus thyroideus) |
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Description: Male bird I met near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming USA 2015-05-19. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 13:13 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: D3X3666-WilliamsonSapSucker |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Williamson's Sapsucker(Sphyrapicus thyroideus) |
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Description: Female bird I met near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming USA 2015-05-19. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 13:18 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: D3X3732-WilliamsonSapSucker |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Williamson's Sapsucker(Sphyrapicus thyroideus) |
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Description: Female bird I met near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming USA 2015-05-19. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 13:21 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: D3X3759-WilliamsonSapSucker |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Three-Toed Woodpecker(Picoides dorsalis) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 13:51 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X3769-ThreeToedWoodpecker |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Three-Toed Woodpecker(Picoides dorsalis) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 13:53 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X3790-ThreeToedWoodpecker |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Three-Toed Woodpecker(Picoides dorsalis) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 13:55 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: D3X3805-ThreeToedWoodpecker |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Three-Toed Woodpecker(Picoides dorsalis) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 13:56 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X3828-ThreeToedWoodpecker |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Three-Toed Woodpecker(Picoides dorsalis) |
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Description: Near Whitegrass Ranch Road off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 14:00 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: D3X3880-ThreeToedWoodpecker |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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