Perhaps the best photo I took during the entire period of being snowbound during the “Great Snowstorm of 2008,” or at least the one with which I am the most pleased, was this one of a Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus, red-shafted form.
With her feathers raised to help insulate her from the cold and the break in the snowfall giving me a clear view for the photo, the three-dimensional quality of the image is particularly noticeable. I do wonder if perhaps I should have softened the background just a bit to make the bird a more prominent; however that would have also likely lessened the dimensionality overall.
Peace and good bird watching.
