Here is a new video and a few photos of the breeding Three-toed Woodpeckers I followed in Maridalen.
Any interesting thing I only noted on the video is that the female was missing a toe on her right foot and that this clearly affected her.
This would probably explain why the male brought food to the nest more often than her with his frequency of visits being at least 3 times higher than hers whilst I was watching.
male feeding:
female feeding:
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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