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2007-01-15 03:05:42 · 6 answers · asked by langsyne_10 1 in Pets Birds

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The head is black and white: black crown and nape, white forehead, cheeks and throat. The back, wings and tail are black, except for the large white shoulder patches and smaller white spots on the wings. The underparts are whitish-buff with red underneath the tail (undertail coverts). The bill is grey coloured, the legs are grey-green and the eye is red.
The sexes are similar except that the male has a red patch on the nape and the female does not.
Juveniles have a red crown and nape, pink vent and "blotchy" white shoulder patches.
As with other woodpeckers, the stiff tail feathers are used as a prop when it is clinging to a tree, and its toes are specially arranged with two pointing forwards and two backwards.
Their flight is very undulating as they completely fold their wings against the body between each series of several flaps.
Their contact call is a loud "tchick" sound.
The male Great Spotted Woodpecker is renowned for drumming its bill on a branch, which usually last only a few seconds and comprises 8-12 beats and fades away at the end.
Woodpeckers probe tree trunks for insects and larvae, but also feed on nuts and berries (in the winter). They grip the bark with their strong claws and, when probing the crevices or drilling holes, use their stiff tail feathers as a prop.
The woodpecker's tongue is extremely long and sticky for extracting insects, such as ants, from their nest chambers and crevices. The tongue is so long that its muscles wrap around the rear of the skull and back to the upper mandible.
Increasingly, Great Spotted Woodpeckers are feeding from peanut and suet feeders in gardens.
The nest is a chamber in a tree which is chiselled out by both birds. When chiselling, the woodpecker does not tap as quickly as when the male performs its drumming song.
The eggs are white, smooth and glossy, and about 26 mm by 19 mm. Both birds share the duty of incubating the eggs and feeding the young.

2007-01-15 09:11:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I don't know what your question is but i live in bath and i have a pair of spotted woodpecker visit my garden several times a day
they seem to like the peanuts in the bird feeder, i mix mealworms with the nuts so maybe thats what they are after.
hope this answers your question

2007-01-18 09:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by raymond.r.bennett@btinternet.com 2 · 0 0

good web site type in (great spotted woodpecker UK) lots of info,

2007-01-15 06:12:25 · answer #3 · answered by stephen eblue eyes 4 · 0 0

No ,whilst that's real they're the two woodpeckers ,they're if certainty be told 2 different species.and not in any respect the case of one being a youthful man or woman variety of the different.Their plumage is different as is their call too

2016-10-07 04:46:10 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

www.RSPB.co.uk

and look out the window when you're driving inthe countryside, they're largeish birds, with black spots and a red head, and fly in a dipping motion, so they'll seem to be bobbing up and down in arcs as they fly over hedges.

This site's good too:

http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/g-s-woodpecker.htm

2007-01-15 03:16:27 · answer #5 · answered by SilverSongster 4 · 0 0

What do you need to know

2007-01-15 03:25:41 · answer #6 · answered by BigWashSr 7 · 0 0

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