I went for a walk in the forest today to see what the situation was like for drumming woodpeckers. The snow made the going rather tough and I should maybe have chosen skis. There was not much in the way of drumming although I did hear one distant bird.
It only drummed very occasionally and seemed to move around. At various times I thought it was a Three-toed, a Great Spot or a Black but could never nail it.
One rather obvious explanation is that there was more than one bird/species drumming.
Other than that there was little in the forest except for a few tits up in the canopy.
Simon Rix
Simon Rix is an English Birder who has lived in Oslo, Norway since 2001. Birding has been his passion since primary school and after an education as an economist and career within oil and gas and then drinks industry he turned his attention full time to birds as middle age approached. He is particularly interested in patch birding and migration and is an active guide, blogger and photographer. He is a member of the Norwegian Rarities Committee (NSKF).
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