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erik

cheesehead

• Mar 7, 2004

• #1

My brother took this picture yesterday, is this a least spotted one or what?

 

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HH75

Well-known member

• Mar 7, 2004

• #2

Hi Erik,
Yeah,Lesser Spotted.
Harry

 

gthang

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• Mar 7, 2004

• #3

it is Picoides borealis, or red-cockaded woodpecker.

you're welcome

 

gthang

Ford Focus Fanatic: mmmmmm... 3.1415926535.....

• Mar 7, 2004

• #4

oh, didn't realize where you are from, i'm always assuming that everyone's from the good ol' US of A...
since i don't have any experience with foreign birds, i'll have to agree with him on the Lesser Spotted Woody.

 

erik

cheesehead

• Mar 7, 2004

• #5

Ok why does my brother see birds i have never seen :S

 

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HH75

Well-known member

• Mar 7, 2004

• #6

Hi Erik,
Try asking him that?
Better still,ask him where he saw it,and go there!
Harry

 

cuckooroller

Registered User

• Mar 7, 2004

• #7

Dendrocopos minor

 

Michael Frankis

conehead

• Mar 7, 2004

• #8

Hi Erik,

It is a male, as it has a red crown (only just visible!)

Hope you manage to see it!

Michael

 

erik

cheesehead

• Mar 7, 2004

• #9

would be a nice addition to my recently grown woodpeckerlist i think that would be the 6th woodpecker in life...

 

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Tammie

Well-known member

• Mar 8, 2004

• #10

erik said:

would be a nice addition to my recently grown woodpeckerlist i think that would be the 6th woodpecker in life...

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I thought woodpeckers were much more common over there? I have a minimum of 6 in my yard....... every day! 3 hairy woodpeckers and 3 downy woodpeckers. The bonus lately has been that the pileated woodpecker is starting to hang around again. I've seen him twice in the past 3 weeks and heard him calling yesterday. Gotta love spring altho' at -22°C this morning, you'd never know it was near!!
Hope you see the ones you want, Eric. I personally would love to see a green one!

 

Michael Frankis

conehead

• Mar 8, 2004

• #11

Erik means 6 species of woodpecker!!

Michael

 

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Tammie

Well-known member

• Mar 8, 2004

• #12

Michael Frankis said:

Erik means 6 species of woodpecker!!

Michael

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Well, that clarifies things just a bit then! I don't feel so bad with my 5 species then.

 

erik

cheesehead

• Mar 8, 2004

• #13

hehe by the time i posted it i wondered if anyone would say something about that... Tammie, woodpeckers are flying on and off here daily. In Prague last week i saw about 20 or so...