VIDEO: Morning wake-up of woodpecker

Video recorded by Olle Koert
Translation Liis
 
 
Great spotted woodpecker     Suur-kirjurähn         Dendrocopos major
 
 Well, and how does the woodpecker get up in the morning to fly out? The doings are much more understandable if you first look at how he settled down for the night in the link at the end.
 
The wake-up today was at 8.30; when the weather is colder more time is spent in the night place.
 
The primary thing is of course hygiene or trimming of the plumage. At the same time he checks through the flight opening what is happening outside: if it is cold, how alert in early morning his feathered relatives are – and then departure, activities in the new day must begin.
 
As can be seen a pine cone was brought along in the evening; such a tempting thing could not be left in the forest, nice to keep in reserve. Sometimes the woodpecker is gone from his night quarters for a couple of days, probably somewhere further away on cone hunt where another overnight place might be nearer at hand.
 
There is a dearth of cones in spruces this year, so we can see woodpeckers busy in pine stands more often.
 
See how the woodpecker settles down in his night quarters in the evening: LINK


 

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