Thursday 27 February 2014

Talk on woodpeckers in Austria

I will be giving a talk at the PANNONIAN BIRDEXPERIENCE in Eastern Austria this April. 
On two days as follows. See you there!

Friday 11.4.2014. 14:30 - 15:30
Saturday 12.4.2014. 12.30 - 13.30
Lecture: Woodpeckers of Pannonia
Location: Nat Park Ökopädagogikzentrum, 
Seminarraum, Illmitz, Burgenland, Austria.

Thursday 20 February 2014

Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Here is a very nice shot of a Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius. Taken at Cremenes, northern Spain by Carlos Gonzalez Bocos. Males and females are similar and it is difficult to sex this bird on this view.

Wednesday 12 February 2014

Woodpeckers of the World cover

Here is the final cover for my forthcoming book Woodpeckers of the World. I hope you like it? Can you name the species ? Only one is from Europe...