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    Camouflage mode - the sapsucker

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    Camouflage mode - the sapsucker
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    by Yves Langlois from Sherbrooke CA on 27 Jul 2025
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    A pair of sapsuckers were coming my way, moving from dead branches to dead trees to finaly land on one well lighted at a fair distance. One of the two birds took that camouflage pose for a long minute. Naked eye at that distance he was totaly invisible. Then he stop the camouflage mode and start moving for insects as usual.

    • Camera: ILCE-7RM4A
    • Focal: 794 mm
    • Shutter speed: 0.0005 sec
    • Aperture: f/ 11
    tagged: sapsucker accipiter animal bird plant tree tree_trunk branch vertebrate beak wing twig wildlife feather bird_of_prey accipitridae

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    Debra Plett posted 2025-07-30 7:11pm

    They really are camouflaged against the tree trunk. Nice job keeping your eye on them and capturing the shot Yves.

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    perkyleb posted 2025-07-28 12:24pm

    Good capture, Yves.

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