Wednesday 12 December 2018

Short-eared woodpecker


Another oddity in the garden.  I think this chap has been in a fight - probably with another woodpecker - and ended up with some of his feathers rearranged and a few missing.  I expect they will grow back but until then he looks a bit of a devil.


13 December 2018.  Update.  My sister Cherry has suggested this bird might be the one I saw taken by a sparrowhawk a few days before and which I suspected might have escaped.  It's a good idea and the timeline and location fit well.  I think an adult woodpecker (weight 80g) would put up a good fight against a juvenile male sparrowhawk (150g).

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