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turlough ([personal profile] turlough) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2023-01-04 07:38 pm
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Woodpecker in the rain

No matter how hard it rains I don't think I've ever seen a bird looking wet before but this Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) that visited one of my feeders today looked distinctly damp!

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black and white bird with red markings on bird feeder

black and white bird with red markings on bird feeder
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rodo: chuck on a roof in winter (Default)

[personal profile] rodo 2023-01-04 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
What a pretty guy!
turlough: large red temple in the snow, Japanese woodcut by Hiroshige ((winter) art of the season)

[personal profile] turlough 2023-01-05 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Woodpeckers have such eyecatching plumage!
rodo: chuck on a roof in winter (Default)

[personal profile] rodo 2023-01-06 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
They are! We used to get them until last winter at the bird feeder in front of our kitchen window, and I always loved seeing their pretty red butts.
turlough: tiny black & white bird among flowering apple blossoms, Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) ((other) bird watcher)

[personal profile] turlough 2023-01-07 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Those red butts are like traffic signals! And likewise the red spot in the neck but only the males have those.
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