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04-01-2011, 12:44 PM
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| | | Pecking Post?
Came across this scene in upland conifer plantation yesterday. It puzzled me at first and I thought it must have been a squirrel, but logic told me a squirrel would eat in situ.
Having seen how a number of the cones had been jammed into the post I guessed it was a Greater Spotted woodpecker (the only common pecker around here) using the post as an anvil for securing the cones. Thre must have been 60+ on the floor below the post. Anyone seen this before or got any other suggestions please?   |
04-01-2011, 12:51 PM
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| | | Re: Pecking Post?
Yes, it's common Great Spot behaviour. The other possibility is Nuthatch. |
04-01-2011, 08:11 PM
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| | | Re: Pecking Post?
A great thing to find....i love looking for things like that... 
and like RKB def GSW...
you can tell by how the cones look to what has done the damage...
squirrells tend to eat /knaw most of cone.
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05-01-2011, 08:10 AM
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| | | Re: Pecking Post?
Just out of interest. If your username is Teal, why the avatar of a Chiloe Wigeon. 
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05-01-2011, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman  Just out of interest. If your username is Teal, why the avatar of a Chiloe Wigeon.
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Adam | So that's Adam Cheeseman in your avatar, is it?
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05-01-2011, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by thunder So that's Adam Cheeseman in your avatar, is it?
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18-01-2011, 11:38 AM
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| | | Re: Pecking Post?
Well spotted Mr Owl. In fact the picture was taken just before it metamorphosed into a Teal. Regrettably there is no prize other than a brownie point for your observational diligence!! | | |
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