Monday 30 May 2011

Video Clip: Syrian Woodpecker


Adult male Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus with a grub in its beak. Clip by Dan Bastaja shot at Balmazujvaros, Hungary, May 2011.

Thursday 26 May 2011

Gallery: Adult male White-backed Woodpecker


Adult male White-backed Woodpecker. Nominate race Dendrocopos leucotos leucotos. Taken by Gerard Gorman, Bukk Hills, Hungary, May 2011.

Friday 20 May 2011

Gallery: Female Syrian Woodpecker


Adult female Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus. Note lack of red on the nape (males show red). Photo taken in Zemplen Hills, Hungary by Gerard Gorman.

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Quiz woodpecker 40


Which species is this ? And why ? Photo taken by Gerard Gorman in Hungary.

Sunday 15 May 2011

Gallery: Grey-headed Woodpecker female

Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus (aka Grey-faced Woodpecker) adult female. Note lack of red on forecrown. Photo by Thomas Hochebner, Austria.

Wednesday 4 May 2011

More Black Woodpecker work

Here is a classic, impressive feeding site of Black Woodpecker Dryocopos martius. Such holes are made when birds search for Carpenter Ants. Photo taken at Papuk, north-eastern Croatia by Josip Ledinscak.