Sunday 30 September 2007

Quiz Woodpecker 5

Can you state the species, sex and approximate age of the bird? Everything you need to know to do this is viewable on in photo.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think that this is adult female Syrian Woodpecker.
Mladen Vasilev

Anonymous said...

Adult female Syrian
MikeC.

Anonymous said...

Me too! Adult female Syrian after a hard day's drilling timber. EM

Anonymous said...

Looks a bit jaundiced though!

Mike C

Gerard Gorman said...

Woodpecker 5 has caused some problems! But it is a juvenile Syrian. Not long fledged. Hard to judge the sex, but probably a female because even at this angle some red would be seen.

Gerard Gorman said...

I should have said that "some red would be seen" ON THE CROWN.