Post by Wood~Ant on Jul 29, 2011 15:05:42 GMT
Down in our local woodland copse we often see, and hear Great Spotted Woodpeckers; but I was surprised today to see a Green Woodpecker pecking merrily away at the soil bank near a hedge just outside our living room window.
Apparently this bird loves to eat ants, so as it was a male he might have been feasting on our local Lasius nests of L. flavus or L. niger?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Woodpecker
www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/families/woodpeckers.aspx
The photo below was exactly what both Jen and I saw
Apparently this bird loves to eat ants, so as it was a male he might have been feasting on our local Lasius nests of L. flavus or L. niger?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Woodpecker
www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/families/woodpeckers.aspx
The photo below was exactly what both Jen and I saw
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