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Woodpeckers Of Europe: July 2014
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014. New book with woodpecker signs. My forthcoming book Pocket Guide to Tracks and Signs has some pages of European woodpecker content, of course! Here is a sample, it's due out officially in September. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I welcome comments, suggestions, photographs, video clips and will credit items used. My aim is to create a non-commercial source for all lovers of the European Picida. E Sincere thanks are due to ALL who have contributed their photos and clips to this blog.
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Woodpeckers Of Europe: Europe's smallest woodpecker
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Friday, 1 May 2015. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos minor. Is Europe's smallest picid. This is a male: females lack red on the crown. Budapest, Hungary, April 2015 (Gerard Gorman). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I welcome comments, suggestions, photographs, video clips and will credit items used. My aim is to create a non-commercial source for all lovers of the European Picida. E Sincere thanks are due to ALL who have contributed their photos and clips to this blog. Woodpeckers of the World.
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Woodpeckers Of Europe: October 2014
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Thursday, 30 October 2014. Here is a fine example of the foraging work of a Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius. An impressively large hole has been opened up on this trunk, big enough for a man's hand to easily fit inside. Looking at this, it might be thought that the woodpecker has killed the tree. but has it really? Wednesday, 22 October 2014. Urban Woodpeckers: Syrian Woodpecker. Monday, 13 October 2014. Gallery: Female and nestling Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker. A nestling. At this age, both chi...
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Woodpeckers Of Europe: January 2015
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Monday, 5 January 2015. Gallery: Europe's smallest woodpecker. Another shot of the adult male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. In the post below. At around 14-16 cm in length this is Europe's smallest woodpecker. Budapest, Hungary by Gerard Gorman. Thursday, 1 January 2015. Gallery: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Adult male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor. Photo taken recently in Budapest, Hungary by Gerard Gorman. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Gerard Gorman: gerard@probirder.com. Woodpeckers of the World.
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Woodpeckers Of Europe: May 2015
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Monday, 18 May 2015. Middle Spotted Woodpecker: sexes? Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius. Estonia, Gerard Gorman. The sexes are almost identical and often impossible to visually tell apart. The main difference in plumage is in the crown: both sexes have red crowns, but on females the rear crown is usually dull red, orange or yellow, on males it is red. Friday, 1 May 2015. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos minor. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Gerard Gorman: gerard@probirder.com.
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Woodpeckers Of Europe: June 2015
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Thursday, 11 June 2015. Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla. Paklenica, Croatia, June 2015 (Gerard Gorman). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I welcome comments, suggestions, photographs, video clips and will credit items used. My aim is to create a non-commercial source for all lovers of the European Picida. E Sincere thanks are due to ALL who have contributed their photos and clips to this blog. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE and REFERENCE INFORMATION TAKEN FROM THIS SITE! Gerard Gorman: gerard@probirder.com.
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Woodpeckers Of Europe: Black Woodpecker nesting cavity
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Tuesday, 7 April 2015. Black Woodpecker nesting cavity. Nesting cavity entrance of Black Woodpecker. Hungary, April 2015. In Europe, only Black Woodpeckers make oval-shaped holes like this, in fact, the majority of the holes of this species are this shape. This one was 25m up in. An old beech tree. It is fresh, new, as the wood around the rim is still clean and pale. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). E Sincere thanks are due to ALL who have contributed their photos and clips to this blog.
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Woodpeckers Of Europe: February 2015
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Friday, 13 February 2015. Answer to last woodpecker quiz. The last quiz bird was, of course, not difficult. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major. Taken in a garden in Buda, Budapest, Hungary, February 2014 (Gerard Gorman). Here is another shot of the same bird. Friday, 6 February 2015. Name this European woodpecker species? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). E Sincere thanks are due to ALL who have contributed their photos and clips to this blog. Gerard Gorman: gerard@probirder.com.
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Woodpeckers Of Europe: Syrian Woodpecker female
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Wednesday, 15 April 2015. Female Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus,. Apaj, Hungary, April 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I welcome comments, suggestions, photographs, video clips and will credit items used. My aim is to create a non-commercial source for all lovers of the European Picida. E Sincere thanks are due to ALL who have contributed their photos and clips to this blog. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE and REFERENCE INFORMATION TAKEN FROM THIS SITE! Gerard Gorman: gerard@probirder.com.
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Woodpeckers Of Europe: March 2015
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Sunday, 22 March 2015. Tree stump shaved by White-backed Woodpecker. Tree stump worked on by White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos. Monday, 9 March 2015. Spring is one the way and the woodpeckers are drumming and calling and getting ready for the breeding season. Here is some fresh foraging work by Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius. Csepel, Budapest, Hungary, March. Monday, 2 March 2015. Great Spotted Woodpecker eating peanuts. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
