Monday 2 July 2012

A Visiting Woodpecker?


Sunday and the start of a new month didn't bring a great improvement in the weather with a cool and cloudy day which threatened rain all day although it never actually arrived.

We very rarely see a Woodpecker in the garden but today was one of those days.

We think that this is a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker. It was making valiant attempts to get at the fat balls with limited success. 

I’d only just replaced the outer cover to the feeder as we’ve a couple of starling families who go through half a dozen fat balls in no time at all. The outer cover doesn’t stop them but it does slow their feasting down a little. I’m hoping that it hasn’t put our woodpecker off making more visits.

The pictures above are images grabbed from my video camera and the full length film is included below. 



5 comments:

  1. Brilliant. It wasn't going to let that outer cover stop it from having a taste.

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  2. I just felt a bit guilty having put the cover back on.

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  3. A wonderful capture in your own garden - quite jealous :-)

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  4. Hi Shirl
    Just a lucky spot really. Not seen it since!

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