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Bit jealous here in Langham. Got sparrows and the odd blue/great tit. Had to change the food as the starlings were ruling the roost. Had to stop mealworm and fat balls and reduce it to mixed seed! Waitrose to Poundland!
It can be v tricky when squirrels decide they own your patch. Its as if they get a buzz out of trying to get one over on you. In a previous life I did manage to squirrel proof feeders. One way is to buy a pricey feeder(tho they work) or hang a feeder with a thin metal sheet cover on top so when they slide down the chain/rope they fall off. I have a pair of metal 'tree' type feeders and the squirrels cant climb up the stems.
I was training at Finsbury Park Track about a year ago, when I took these pictures https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151874151538082&set=g... Pretty sure it's a woodpecker, but not which flavour
Fantastic! Looks like it's a Green Woodpecker (obvious, with hindsight...) https://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/greenwoodpecker/
This is a great photo of an adult male. Note second smaller red area below beak It is very interesting to see it in a crouched & lowered position- presumably to make ant/insect eating easier? Its tail is pressed against the ground , exactly as they do when vertical against tree trunks. Green woodpeckers were fairly regular at Alex Palace in the sloped area to the south of the Palace. Don't know if they still are ? I even saw one eating ants on the pavement outside Stroud Green library !
I would like to know if this bird is being ousted/replaced by the Ring-necked parakeet ? The beautiful green woodpecker has every right to be here, the ever-increasing parakeets don't.
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