In Flight: Downy Woodpecker
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Even with the shutter speed at 1/1000th of a second this woodpecker is moving so quickly that the bird is a bit hard to keep in crisp focus.
It's a cool picture anyway, and looks great on a large-screen monitor or cropped to show well on an iPhone 4.
Richmondena Cardinalis
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The cardinal, Richmondena Cardinalis, also known as the redbird, is one of the most familiar North American songbirds and the state bird of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This male was captured at long distance, vainly attempting to hide from cold breezes amid the barren branches of a seasonally denuded bush, awaiting the return of warmer weather. The image has been cropped to several handy sizes to serve as hd wallpaper on your favorite digital devices.