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🦉 The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- Dendrocopos Greek: dendron tree, coptō to hit, beat
- major (lat.) big
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Sometimes it happens that there are simply no birds in the forest. As a rule, this is rare, but it has happened to me more than once that when I went out into the forest in spring or winter, I saw practically no birds. Practically. And yet there is a bird that can always be found at any time of the year, this is the great spotted woodpecker. I always have confidence in these guys.
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Strange, but these birds do not visit feeders in parks and courtyards of the city, as do different species of birds such as tits or nuthatches. They are more forest-like. Even though they also participate in group migrations in a mixed flock of birds, they will not follow everyone to the city park, but will remain in the forest.
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Camera | Lens |
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Nikon D5200 | Tamron SP AF 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD |