I love wood peckers

Pileated Woodpecker by Nitin Patel, on Flickr

Sometimes I come across a flickr photostream that I really enjoy, and Nitin Patel is 100% one of those.

They have so many of the shots that I had been spending a lot of time this autumn trying to get, but missing. Most of the time was because I had little ones with me that can't stay still, or quiet, so I missed a lot of shots. But the bigger reason is that I haven't been getting out nearly as much as I would like.

It takes a page like this to give me the kick in the pants that I need to get back out there. Now, where did I put that tripod.