Green Woodpecker

Green Woodpecker, originally uploaded by dekayne.

I've seen two of these beautiful woodpeckers this summer. I think they were even more colorful than the one seen here, but that might be my imagination. In both sightings I was riding my bike on a trail in the woods and the bird flies out of the underbrush. They must like to be low....I couldn't have photographed them if I wanted to: they were way too fast.

(Note: the photo is not mine!)