{"id":1312,"date":"2022-06-08T18:10:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outpost.garf.de\/wordpress\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2022-06-08T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T16:58:08","slug":"woodpecker-its-feeding-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outpost.garf.de\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/06\/08\/woodpecker-its-feeding-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodpecker – its feeding time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some pictures deserve a bit more attention then just posting them to Instagram<\/a> or Twitter<\/a> with a few keywords added. This woodpecker feeding its young is such a picture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were on a walk on a Klompenpad<\/a> near Arnhem<\/a> in the Netherlands when we heard loud bird noises. The noises came from quite nearby and did not move. We looked around for a bird on a branch or on a tree and saw nothing. Then finally a small head appeared inside a hole in a dead tree: <\/p>\n\n\n

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We stepped away a bit and waited. The woodpecker<\/a> looked out of the hole:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Suddenly the parent appeared, landing on the tree:<\/p>\n\n\n

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And after that I was able to capture the feeding (see photo on top). It all happened very fast. I did not have any special lens on my Nikon Z5, just my standard walkabout Z 24-200mm. The map below shows the approximate location only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n