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A motley woodpecker is a skilled bird!

Friends, imagine this picture: you are standing in the woods and watching a bird that flew swiftly to a tree and sat on it, as if stuck. How did she manage to cling so tightly to the tree? Thanks to her fingers, directed forward (two) and back (one), and also a hard tail. And now you see how this feathered creature moves instantly through the tree, tapping its trunk like a medical hammer. Suddenly the bird stopped and struck the trunk the stronger than before! Beak from all over the place just broke a tree! At the same time a tenacious and long bristly tongue appeared in the hole. Who is this? Friends, this motley woodpecker is a bird, worthy of respect and attention to its person! It's interesting, is not it? Then read on!

And "blacksmith", and on all wings - well done!

In the winter forest is always quiet ... But somewhere a little apart from time to time a short and abrupt knocking occurs - it's a motley "blacksmith"! Yes, friends, a motley woodpecker is a bird, as they say, a "master of all hands"! It is necessary for him to find a tree with a crack, as he immediately arranges in it a real "smithy"! And it's not accidental, because any woodpecker is a hard working bird! They constantly drag pine and fir cones into their freshly broken "mine" . Then they crush them, taking nuts and seeds from their scales under their scales. How to dissolve one bump, then immediately fly after another. That is why under many trees in the forest you can find in the snow a whole bunch of empty cones.

Forest doctor

In general, by nature a woodpecker is a bird insectivorous. Feeding for him are those bugs and larvae that are in the bark of a tree and under it, as well as in wood and on branches. This bird was rightly called the "forest doctor". Why? It's all about his knocking. If it knocks on wood, it means that all insect pests have come to an end! The forest will live on! This feathered dodger quickly determines the characteristic woody sound, where exactly all the harmful insects have hidden, and proceeds to their execution. The funny thing is that our feathered friend will not rest until he eats all the pests on the tree! Even birch sap in the spring woodpeckers drink very carefully and carefully, so as not to harm the tree. Well, real doctors! In the autumn time our feathered friend regrets cedar nuts, seeds of pine and spruce. Many woodpeckers are huge lovers of various fruits. These birds live in hollows, which themselves hollow out. The female brings from three to seven eggs.

Free "realtor"

A bird of the woodpecker, the description of which can not but be touched, is an unwitting helper for other birds and even ... for bats! The fact is that the hollows, hollowed by a woodpecker for several days, have been for many years a dwelling for nesting other species of birds, as well as bats of flying mammals (for example, a red evening meal).

Variety of species

Woodpecker is a bird (photo # 3), spread all over the world and in Russia in particular. Imagine that as many as 15 species from the famous 370-ти live on the territory of our country! Outwardly, they differ in their color, size, nature and habits. Among other species, the most famous and extraordinary are:

  • Small and large motley,
  • Snow-white,
  • Gray-haired
  • And green woodpeckers.

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