Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Large Woodpecker

Heard this rather large Woodpecker at work
in the greenbelt behind our property.

The sound of his rapid pecking was very much like
 a loud air powered ratchet wrench.

I'd estimate this bird's body to be close to the size of
a large seagull. He was situated about 50 feet above me
and I used my longest lens to capture these images of the ugly beast.

Looks like the type of woodpecker used as the basis for the cartoon character
Woody the Woodpecker.

Notice the amount of damage he was able to do to the
wild cherry tree.




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