Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

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Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by Bosscat » Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:26 pm

The local Woodpecker has returned to the nut feeders this morning.... 1st visit this year we are aware of.

Couldn't get a picture (he/she is extremely camera shy and the slightest movement frightens him/her) so this is one I managed last year.
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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by 2510 » Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:10 pm

Woodpecker pictured is a male. Red marking on the head that females don't have.

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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by Bosscat » Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:25 pm

Well then just a lady Wood Pecker (just black head markings) this morning...

Like I said this was last years picture, they are very shy :D

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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by Marney&Mee » Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:55 pm

2510 wrote:
Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:10 pm
Woodpecker pictured is a male. Red marking on the head that females don't have.
I was gonna say you've got good eyesight 2510...
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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:57 pm

I'm quite surprised nobody has asked if it's offside :)
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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by claretblue » Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:29 pm

Wood...not Woods! :roll:

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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by Bosscat » Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:41 pm

FactualFrank wrote:
Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:57 pm
I'm quite surprised nobody has asked if it's offside :)
Stockley Park and VAR says its beak is definitely onside Frank

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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by Buxtonclaret » Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:06 am

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From a different angle? 8-)
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Post by JohnMac » Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:13 am

Bloody hell Buxton, that's some lens to see all the way to Bosscat's garden :lol:
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Post by claretblue » Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:28 am

fat balls!

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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by Bosscat » Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:14 am

claretblue wrote:
Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:28 am
fat balls!
You can get a cream for that :roll:

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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by Steve1956 » Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:23 pm

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You guys get woodpeckers visiting you,today I bought some wood to do a few jobs and I was visited by an ostrich....beat that one BC!
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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by Bosscat » Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:33 pm

I raise your Ostrich one Meerkat (sort of :D)
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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by Steve1956 » Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:37 pm

Come on!!!! Im not having that,it looks more like you than a meerkat.
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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by Bosscat » Sat Jun 13, 2020 11:54 am

Back again this morning for a good feed...
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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by COBBLE » Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:29 am

Never seen from near home but think I saw one in Hyde Park. Does that seem likely?

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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by steve_f » Sun Jun 14, 2020 8:09 am

Dad and youngster
Dad and youngster
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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by CJW » Sun Jun 14, 2020 8:49 am

2510 wrote:
Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:10 pm
Woodpecker pictured is a male. Red marking on the head that females don't have.
Nope.
It's a juvenile and cannot be sexed. They all have red crowns at that age.

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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by ottclaret » Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:23 am

Working from home, I have had my desk set up looking out on to our bird feeder. Woody is regular visitor and I can't resist snapping a few shot off.
Not sure how to post pictures but I will give it a go...
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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by ottclaret » Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:37 am

That seems to have worked, so here is another unusual shot in that he doesn't normally allow other birds to be on feeder at the same time.

Saw him with a youngster yesterday, haven't got a decent shot of that yet.
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Post by bodge » Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:39 am

They are brilliant photographs ott.

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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by ottclaret » Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:43 am

Thanks - pretty pleased with them myself!
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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by ottclaret » Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:45 am

Thanks - pretty pleased with them myself! He is a bit of a star, so I can't take all the credit!

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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by warksclaret » Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:04 pm

Does this mean Chris Wood has gone down the pecking order

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Re: Woody returns.... 1st appearance this year

Post by Bosscat » Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:37 pm

ottclaret wrote:
Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:37 am
That seems to have worked, so here is another unusual shot in that he doesn't normally allow other birds to be on feeder at the same time.

Saw him with a youngster yesterday, haven't got a decent shot of that yet.

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Our visitor hates it when other birds arrive too normally ..... but lately he/she has been less nervous.

My sisters sees a pair visiting her feeder too, she thinks its a parent and youngster.

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