Macswede
Macswede
Every spring for 3 years we have had a female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on our feeders. This year she arrived on 26th February.
On 18th April I visited the little cemetery across the road to see if I could find the woodpecker as I had seen previously seen her in the cemetery or in the trees outside.
I found her very quickly and then shortly afterwards, much to my surprise, I saw a male. This was something my wife and I had hoped for but we had almost given up.
2 days later we went on a birding trip to Skåne in the far south of Sweden and when we returned we were unable to find any Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the area.
Yesterday, 1st August, I saw at least 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in the trees outside our bedroom window (possibly 3 but I only saw 2 at the same time). The all had red caps.
My question is whether they were males of juveniles.
I've attached pictures of 2 birds but I recollect one that was pale with an orange-red cap. Could have just been the light though. There was both sunshine and shade.
On 18th April I visited the little cemetery across the road to see if I could find the woodpecker as I had seen previously seen her in the cemetery or in the trees outside.
I found her very quickly and then shortly afterwards, much to my surprise, I saw a male. This was something my wife and I had hoped for but we had almost given up.
2 days later we went on a birding trip to Skåne in the far south of Sweden and when we returned we were unable to find any Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the area.
Yesterday, 1st August, I saw at least 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in the trees outside our bedroom window (possibly 3 but I only saw 2 at the same time). The all had red caps.
My question is whether they were males of juveniles.
I've attached pictures of 2 birds but I recollect one that was pale with an orange-red cap. Could have just been the light though. There was both sunshine and shade.