Video on Woodpeckers in SE Italy

Here is an excellent documentary about woodpeckers, particularly Middle Spotted Woodpecker, in the Gargano NP, Italy. Enjoy... even if you do not understand Italian it is well worth watchuing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drxPtL04Ixc

Quiz Woodpecker

Here is the first quiz woodpecker of 2013. Which European species is this ?

Green Woodpecker wing

Wing of a Green Woodpecker Picus viridis. Cause of the bird's death unknown. Photo: Budapest, Hungary, Gerard Gorman.

Gallery: Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker female

Foraging female Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus. Photo taken in Austria by Gerard Gorman.

Galley: Eurasian Green Woodpecker in snow

This male (note red malar stripe) Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis, is digging through snow to get at prey. Photo taken in Budapest, Hungary. December 23rd, 2012, by Gerard Gorman.

Gallery: White-backed Woodpecker male

Male White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos by Thomas Hochebner, December 2012, near Eschenau, Austria.

'The Woodpecker Has To Go!'

Laura from Liverpool sent me this picture. Apparently God said...

'The woodpecker has to go !'