Bird Identification
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:01 pm
Cardinal Woodpecker (female)
Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park
5. juv+ad. Cardinal Woodpecker ? 22.11.2017 Mata Mata
- ad. Cardinal ?
- juv Cardinal ?
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Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
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Cardinal Woodpecker
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:33 pm
Re: Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:57 pm
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.
Re: Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:32 am
Re: Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 6:49 am
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
Re: Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:47 am
Note the tail used as a prop support!
Re: Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:32 am
Very pretty
Re: Woodpeckers - Bird of the Month - April 2014
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 7:56 pm
What a lovely looking woodpecker .