Woodpeckers

From where I sit behind the computer, I can look out onto our front garden. It is often visited by green or spotted woodpeckers. Yesterday, there was a thump on the window – a juvenile green woodpecker had flown into it. It staggered about for a moment or two, and then flew off before I could grab the camera. Here’s a couple of shots of other woodpeckers investigating the pear tree in the garden.

 

 

 

 

 

Update: that juvenile woodpecker was obviously destined to be unlucky. This morning I found it dead by the side of the road. I’m pretty sure it would be the same individual, and it had probably flown into the path of a passing car…