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Showdown at Cooper's Pond between a Red-Bellied Woodpecker and a Chipmunk | May 2016 |
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Given the speed and the in-your-face behavior of a chipmunk, I would have expected a relatively small bird, such as a red-bellied woodpecker to give way to a chipmunk.
The reversed occurred. Thus, enter the chipmunk while the red-bellied woodpecker was selecting food. |
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| The red-bellied woodpecker immediately assumed an action-threat posture. |
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| A microsecond later, the chipmunk fled for its life and . . . |
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| . . . left the woodpecker victorious. |
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It's difficult to anticipate animal behavior.
Photo note: I used a Pentax K3, with the SMC-DA* 60-250mm lens for these photos. |