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Birds - Woodpeckers Page 4
Image Taken on 18 May 2011
at 11:21 Image of day on 27 Jun 2011
No signs of the Green Woodpeckers breeding this year, but it may be.
Here is a visitor busy probing the ground in their usual way.
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Ref: 20110627_dc1_20110518_1121_005 green woodpecker pecking at soil on ground (crop)(r+mb id@432).jpg
Image Taken on 03 Sep 2009
at 16:19 Image of day on 16 Oct 2009
A couple of hours earlier that afternoon we had a sort 'if I
can't see you can't see me' type of sneaked portrait.
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Ref: 20091016_db1_20090903_1619_052 green woodpecker peering round tree at camera peering through tree (web crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 03 Sep 2009
at 17:38 Image of day on 16 Oct 2009
The green woodpecker is around all year, but usually only
detectable by his call and sometimes fleeting view of departure.
But we got lucky this week with an image from an automatic camera
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Ref: 20091016_d35_20090903_1738_088_fb4 green woodpecker with mud stained beak(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 05 Jun 2011
at 07:05 Image of day on 09 Jul 2011
4 days on we feel we have the 'what happened next' picture
Not so oblivious this time!
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Ref: 20110709_d3b_20110605_0705_160_fb3 grey squirrel fending off arrival of great spotted woodpecker juvenile (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 14 Dec 2011
at 15:49 Image of day on 14 Jan 2012
A few days later another raptor, a Sparrowhawk with a more
smash-and-grab technique, triggered the camera at a peanut
feeder. We have no idea of the outcome - the Great Spotted
Woodpecker is banking hard with head at the left and already
wings folded so probably had enough speed to escape.
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Ref: 20120114_d3b_20111214_1549_069_fb3 sparrowhawk attacking great spotted woodpecker (crop 2)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 21 Feb 2012
at 08:01 Image of day on 24 Mar 2012
20 minutes later the female woodpecker is being rather more assertive?
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Ref: 20120324_d3b_20120221_0801_055_fb3 starling and great spotted woodpecker female squabbling as male chaffinch flies in (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 12 Aug 2010
at 18:55 Image of day on 18 Sep 2010
On the left of the original frame was a starling on the nut
feeder squawking back, but this seems to be the most satisfying
crop from the frame.
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Ref: 20100918_d3b_20100812_1855_015_fb3 starling and great spotted woodpecker juvenile squawking at each other (crop 2)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Apr 2009
at 19:57 Image of day on 22 May 2009
Our new camera position at a horizontal branch fixed to the
peanut feeder post produces some interesting top and bottom
moments of conflict - this one at dusk. The Woodpecker wing tips
were lost off the bottom of the frame - deciding what to cover in
the camera field really is a quality compromise and guessing
game.
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Ref: 20090522_d50_20090427_1957_029 fb3 starling on perch with great spotted woodpecker female hanging beneath(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 16 Feb 2012
at 08:50 Image of day on 24 Mar 2012
The starlings and woodpeckers really don't get on - here the female woodpecker.
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Ref: 20120324_d3b_20120216_0850_010_fb3 starling on top of perch and great spotted woodpecker female hanging underneath (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 21 Feb 2012
at 07:42 Image of day on 24 Mar 2012
5 days later we have an almost identical situation but with the
male woodpecker and a starling.
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Ref: 20120324_d3b_20120221_0742_054_fb3 starling on top of perch and great spotted woodpecker male hanging underneath (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Jun 2009
at 17:30 Image of day on 09 Jul 2009
Montage of 2 successive frames in the rain, first on the RIGHT.
From the lack of intervening frames we deduce that the sodden
bird sat for 25 minutes preening, and all the better for it!
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Ref: 20090709_d36_20090607_1730_088+1754_089 fb3 successive frame montage (24 mins right to left) of great spotted woodpecker in rain(r+mb id@576).jpg
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