Note posted the small red nape patch, the incomplete post-auricular stripe, large white forehead patch and fine tip to the bill. Photo taken in Armenia in 2007, by Uku Paal.
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Sunday 27 September 2009
Gallery: Three-toed Woodpecker alpinus race female
Tuesday 22 September 2009
Gallery: Three-toed Woodpecker alpinus race male
Saturday 19 September 2009
Three-Toed Woodpecker Feeding Site
Bark of a Norway Spruce Picea abies removed and peeled back by Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus. This woodpecker specialises in predating the larvae of the European Spruce Bark Beetle Ips typographus. The trails of the burrows of the larvae can be clearly seen in this photo. Volovske Mountains, Slovakia, September 2009.