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Green Woodpecker

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Picus viridis , the European Green Woodpecker is a bird that I longed to see during my early days as a feeder watcher. Green Woodpeckers prefer to eat ants and will more usually be found feeding on the ground in fields and rough pasture than at a feeding table. A common encounter with P.

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Finding birds in Deliblato Sands, part 1/3: the largest sand dune system of Europe

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The post Finding birds in Deliblato Sands, part 1/3: the largest sand dune system of Europe appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Belgrade (Serbian: Beograd) to Deliblato Sands (Deliblatska pescara). When to go: breeding and migration seasons (April to June and late August to mid-September). eBird list of the recorded species. To be continued.

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The Collins Bird Guide, 3rd edition

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The Collins Bird Guide covers Europe, North Atlantic islands, much of North Africa and the Middle East. Another difference, an odd one, some woodpeckers gained weight, could it be a time to consider a diet? may be more usual for northern Europe? Lars Svensson is Europe’s leading field ornithologist.

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There it is, on a tree!

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The three of us were waiting for about an hour at only 2°C, having Great , Eurasian Blue and Coal T**s , Eurasian Nuthatch , Common Blackbird , Goldcrest and Middle Spotted Woodpecker. Birding Black Woodpecker Europe Serbia woodpeckers' Photos (c) Nena & Slobodan Panjkovic.

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Highly recommended – Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide

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When you spot a brand new bird identification guide, especially for your home region – in this case, Europe – reaching for it comes naturally. And that became heavier with each passing day… On the other hand, Europe’s Birds cover less than half of that number – 900+ species and a softback weighs 1.4 Highly recommended.

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The most important book about European birds in this century

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based on so much in-city data, the software recognized towns and villages as the primary habitat for the Great Spotted Woodpecker , supposedly far more common in urban areas than in forests. Hence, study the Species and habitats and, combined with Biogeographic patterns in the distribution chapter, construct new bird tours of Europe.

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Black Woodpecker: Officially a Nemesis

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Sure, occasionally a bird has given me problems, like Black-backed Woodpeckers back in 2007 when I was doing an alleged Big Year in New York State, but not seeing a bird for a single year does not make it a nemesis. But Black Woodpecker ? Yet, here I am, back from Austria, minus one Black Woodpecker sighting. And if I dip again?