Cardinal Woodpecker (female)
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Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
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Re: Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
Did you know...
AVIAN CRASH HELMET. The tongue of a woodpecker wraps around the back of its head inside the skull to cushion its brain from the high-speed impact of its beak against the wood (pecking speed - up to 20 times per second). Female golden-tailed woodpecker.
AVIAN CRASH HELMET. The tongue of a woodpecker wraps around the back of its head inside the skull to cushion its brain from the high-speed impact of its beak against the wood (pecking speed - up to 20 times per second). Female golden-tailed woodpecker.
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Re: Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
The Bennets Woodpecker is for me the most beautiful of all Woodpeckers in Kruger. Sadly it is the hardest to find . This Male Bennets Woodpecker was not concerned with my slow approach to photograph him at eyelevel with a 70-200 lens on the tree outside our campsite position in Shingwedzi camp (Click to get the Red crown beautifully lit by the sun
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Re: Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
Note the tail used as a prop support!
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Re: Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
Very pretty
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