The Green Woodpecker

in bird •  7 years ago 

The Green Woodpecker

Hi friends, I hope you're fine? In Belgium, the flu arrived and as my son caught it and I spent the weekend taking care of him and making lots of kisses healers, I caught it too. So we are both sick at home for the whole week. We are not super fit ... We just had lunch and while my son is watching some episodes of Peppa Pig, I take the opportunity to make an article on the green woodpecker. I like to read and learn about particular animals that come out of the lot as previously, the hummingbird or flamingo.

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The green woodpecker is a bird species belonging to the family Picidae.
It has the green upper side, the yellow rump, the gray-green underside and the top of the red head. The female is distinguished by its black mustache, while that of the male is red, surrounded by black. The young are lighter and spotted.

Food and reproduction

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It feeds mostly on insects and larvae, caught on the ground. He loves anthills because ants account for 90% of his diet. It also attacks hives in winter and supplements their diet with seeds and berries.

The green woodpecker digs its nest in the trunk of a leafy tree (sometimes even in a pole) for at least two weeks. The nest is 20 to 50 cm deep, and the inlet is about 5 to 7 cm in diameter. Spawning, which occurs once a year, consists of 5 to 8 eggs, white, incubated by both parents for a fortnight. The young stay for about three weeks in the nest, then, after their flight, live with their parents for another three weeks before leaving and take up their independence.

The green woodpecker can be seen in much of Europe.
He is sedentary and lives in groves, parks, orchards and in the mountains as well.

Singing

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The green peaks have a very loud call cry, like a laugh. This cry also has a role of territorial manifestation. When he moves in flight, or when he is surprised and disturbed, he pushes a typical kuk-ku-kuk ... kuk-kuk ... ku ... ". Although it also sometimes drums, beating its beak against a dry branch many times in succession, the green woodpecker rarely uses its drumming as a means of communication, but it uses it to know the resonance state of dead wood, and thus find food there.

Behavior

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When the green spike hunts for food on the ground, it remains very quiet so as not to attract the attention of predators.
To see it, it is at the moment when it flies that we will have more luck because at that moment, he utters a cry that looks like a "kiak".

In urban areas, you can see it hopping on the lawns, completely uncovered but remaining attentive to its environment.
In case of danger, he will take refuge in the trees, hiding at the sight of the predator or the intruder by positioning himself behind a trunk or a branch, and turning around if necessary thanks to his powerful and sharp claws.
Outside the breeding season, the green woodpecker lives alone.

As soon as the winter is over, the green woodpecker begins to sing again and express its territorial song.

His flight is typical, indeed, he alternates phases of fast and powerful beats and phases of rest wings folded, which gives him an undulating flight, fast and direct. The flight is usually short distance and at the end of which the peak is against a trunk or a branch.

Woody Woodpecker

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Woody Woodpecker is the best known woodpecker. Indeed, it is an American cartoon character created in the animation studios of Walter Lantz.

This green peak with particular laughter appears for the first time in 1940 in a short film entitled Knock Knock. The Woody Woodpecker Show series, consisting of 192 episodes and distributed by Universal Studios, lasted until 1972, making Woody the last of the big screen stars. He rubs shoulders with Wally Walrus and Buzz Buzzard.

Woody Woodpecker has a strident and repeated laugh.

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It creates damage in the wood at a vertiginous speed of jackhammer, which is an opportunity for gags and especially a lot of enmity on the part of its protagonists, including Wally Walrus Walrus. Woody Woodpecker thinks only of himself and his main concerns are fighting, stealing, eating and courting girls. In his very first appearance in Knock Knock in 1940, he harassed two pandas, Andy and his father, apparently just for fun.

Initially endowed with a crazy character in the first two decades, Woody Woodpecker has a little sleep and has a relationship with his fiancee Winnie Woodpecker1. They are responsible for two children, a nephew and a niece. Adventures with the family are especially developed in the comics dedicated to him.

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i saw beautiful woodpeeker in africa i was on trip in national park amazing exp and so many kinds of birds

Very informative. Nice read.
Hope you and your son get well soon. :)

Thank you ;o)

Hello @lndesta120282 I'm fine, but how are you?
In the aftermath, you acquaint us with the juxtaposition of birds. This is a good variety, I like it :)
I did not know much about the green woodpecker, I think that it is useful for many to feed your brain with various and useful information about different animals.
Thank you, I liked it :)
Have a nice day

I m fine, tired and have fiever but at home and the sun is shining ;o)

very nice video and amazing photo with beautiful .
thanks for shareing.
1st video is really great.
i feel it..

IMG_3449.GIFVery nice video sir.Thanks for sharing.

wow so nice Green Woodpecker bird... i was seen many times... thanks dear

Hi Indesta!
Currently I work at Woodpecker.co :D Interesting article!

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Very nice

Wow 😳..
beautiful bird 🐦
I need it..❤️

Thanks for sharing.. Great job.

Wow ! very nice video and amazing photo with beautiful natural scenes I personally liked it...
Thank you for contributing to the Steemit Community.Keep up the great work and I'm looking forward to your next posts.

soooo sweet Green Woodpecker bird, thnkyou for intoduce this beautiful bird :)

I like this type of birds
You shared all information about woodpecker
Thank you for sharing

That is a lovely bird and your writing is very informative.Great job sir.

The European green woodpecker is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. As it true..??

Im very suprised the way the beak of this animals is very powerful in doing it's bidding, this bird is amazing

wow lovely bird..
i like it medam..
have a good day..
thanks for sharing..

Beautifull posts and videos,

It's funny, reading your post, and thinking about the sound of the woodpecker, I remember that in a place where I lived there were some, it is sometimes difficult to observe but we hear them well. I like birds. Super post.

Loving Bird!

this bird very beautiful

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Very nice thank you