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Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

Photo by Micolo
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Spotted on a lawn close to wooded area

Habitat:

Feeds on the ground usually near ants nests with its long and sticky beak

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Comments (4)

Nice spotting! There was a Noah blog on woodpeckers recently: http://projectnoah.tumblr.com/post/57156370069/woodpeckers-around-the-world
Thanks Debbie I only managed to get this one shot as its a very nervous twitchy bird and flew away so quickly
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PublishedAugust 22, 2013

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