#woodpecker

[herpsandbirds]

Acorn Woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus), family Picidae, order Piciformes, CA, USA

The individual on the right is amelanistic.

Photograph by Mark Rauzon

[birdingcheezer]

The Red Bellied Woodpecker showing why they have that namesake😊

[sleepy-bebby]

[cryptonature]

By 30, your face should be a knife.

By 30, you should have a barbed tongue longer than your arm.

By 30, you should be able to slam your head into a tree 20 times per second.

By 30, you should be able to withstand an acceleration of 1,400 g’s.

By 30, you should be a woodpecker.

[xylographica]

leave everything always unbroken

[thomas--bombadil]

Red-bellies are rarely seen touching the ground. But a kernel of food on such a day, makes a bird do strange things.

[michaelnordeman]

Great spotted woodpecker/större hackspett. Värmland, Sweden (March 23, 2019).

[inestheunicorn]

What are some local birds you can find where you live? 🐦 As always, thanks for all the love on my birdie necklaces! These take me long to make, so your support is the best motivation! 🎃

There are still birdies looking for a nest on my shop 🍄 The chain, rings and clasps are made for stainless steel, so babes with sensitive skin should be safe 🖤 You can find them here guys!!

Alsoooo, this was my first time making acrylic necklaces too. I wanted to give these a try since there are some limitations with what I can do with the clay pendants and I already have so many ideas I want to try with acrylics too 👀

[heilos]

Finally finished redesigning my headcanon line up of Sonic Flickies using the old Sonic 3D Blast designs as the foundation.

Each one is partially based off a real bird:

Blue flicky: parakeet Pink flicky: hummingbird Green flicky: kakapo Red flicky: woodpecker

I plan to have another post with more information in the style of a nature journal going into detail about each species of flicky and some other fun world building bits related to other sonic characters. Hope you enjoy! :)

[wildlifegermany]

[herpsandbirds]

Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi) with acorn, family Picidae, order Piciformes, California State University, Chico, CA, USA

The acorn woodpecker has a grouping of holes already made in the tree, where it stores dozens and dozens of acorns, to eat later. This person is looking for just the right hole for his tasty acorn.

photograph by Frank Schulenburg

[tinylongwing]

I keep track of intergrade Northern Flickers in my yard because I have so many I'm constantly tripping the ebird filter on the counts. Here are the individuals for this winter so far that I can distinguish.

Northern Flickers typically are either Red-shafted (North America west of the Rocky Mountains) or Yellow-shafted (North America east of the Rocky Mountains) but there's a large zone of overlap where they interbreed. The offspring are known as intergrades, not hybrids, because they're still the same species but a mix of subspecies types.

[slugpuppie]

A few local birds

[if-i-eated-soaps]

@todaysbird is the red-bellied woodpecker i found today!

[birdblues]

Northern Flicker

[maureen2musings]

Photo hunt Alexander