Not the shark, the woodpecker. I did some birding at Perryville Community Park in Cecil County this morning and was treated to an extended display of splinter-spraying prowess by a female Pileated Woodpecker whipping up some breakfast. Never having read the section of my camera's manual concerning it's video capabilities, I decided to pretend I had and just started poking buttons. Eventually a red light went on and I pointed the hand-held four plus pounds of camera and lens in the bird's direction. If you're not prone to motion sickness, you can find a couple minutes of shaky video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl6L3XKBC74 and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA1reOB5Nl8&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL , best viewd in full screen mode.

Mark Johnson
Aberdeen, MD

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