middle spotted woodpecker

Pic mar - Dendrocopos medius -Middle Spotted Woodpecker

I remember many years ago seeing my first Middle Spotted Woodpecker, now I have many in my garden competing with the other woodpeckers which is wonderful to watch. That is the actual colour on the head as taken and what a wonderful colour it is. This one was taken in December last year, hope you...

Another garden poser, though a less frequent visitor than his Great Spotted cousin.

I was watching the trees, waiting to see my elusive ninja jays* when suddenly this woody flew in. It's the first time I see his kind in my forest, I've only seen green woodpeckers here until now. I am still smiling thinking about this meeting. *they don't show much when I have a camera in my...

That's it. Enough of my Romania shots. Not that I don't have hundreds more, but it's time to leave these Romanian birds alone. Starting tomorrow I'll be pestering my homeys again, or rather ... pestering you with posts of them ;)

Sorry, I'm not quite caught up on browsing yet. I have a lot of great shots to look forward to tonight. Meanwhile, since you seemed to like yesterday's Middle Spotted, here's another shot of the same bird in the same tree, imitating a wryneck - one of the species I was especially frustrated not...