Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Reason: High quality photograph of Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Red-headed Woodpecker).
Proposed caption: Adults have a black back and tail with a red head and neck. Their underparts are mainly white. The wings are black with white secondaries. Non-birders often mistakenly identify the Red-bellied Woodpecker as this species. Their breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the eastern-central United States. They nest in a cavity in a dead tree or a dead part of a tree. Northern birds migrate to the southern parts of the range; southern birds are often permanent residents. These birds fly to catch insects in the air or on the ground, forage on trees or gather and store nuts. They are omnivorous, eating insects, seeds, fruits, berries and nuts. And this photograph has enough quality which deserves FP as archetype of the species.
Articles this image appears in: Red-headed Woodpecker, bird feeder
Creator: Mdf

Support as nominator --Laitche (talk) 16:22, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Beautiful! -- Menti fisto 16:39, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support one of the nicest Mdfs I've seen. de Bivort 18:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support The bar is pretty high for these types of pics, but I think that this one, while not perfect, is still very good.--Here T oHelp 02:09, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, but should the picture be rotated so that the feeder is parallel to the edge? --Malachirality (talk) 02:53, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I'd say no. The bird will alter the centre of gravity (I'm assuming it's a free-hanging feeder) and mean that the feeder itself would not be hanging straight down; in other words, this looks pretty accurate to me. --jjron (talk) 05:24, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support very nice, most minor of noise on the lower tail, but still great (dont rotate it) Teque5 (talk) 02:55, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment needs a more compelling caption. Samsara (talk • contribs) 04:48, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I reckon it needs a caption that actually tells us what it is ;P --jjron (talk) 05:27, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LOL! Red-headed Woodpecker >> Description >> copy >> paste >> appease caption demands! :) --Fir0002 06:02, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but I added one line. （＾＾）／ --Laitche (talk) 06:22, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Bird feeder could use some love. Samsara (talk • contribs) 06:10, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Great picture, very clear. Plus, I like it. Malinaccier (talk • contribs) 00:50, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good - As a picture must be. —αἰτίας •discussion• 21:54, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. High quality and encyclopedic. I will also add that the weight of the bird will push out the bottom of the bird feeder, so please don't try to parallel-ize the photo.

Question: is that a real background? I guess it has to be. How does one obtain that effect?? I love it. Oscar (talk) 19:49, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support very clear, excellent contrast and it's cute.--Sandahl 07:02, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There seems to be some chromatic aberration. _→AzaToth 23:56, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, a tiny bit, exaggerated by slightly heavy sharpening. There's also a trace of noise in the wings and tail, but overall you have to admit these are very minor nits. --mikaul^talk 08:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Melanerpes-erythrocephalus-003.jpg --Chris.B • talk 16:38, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]