A Green Woodpecker In My Garden

This Green Woodpecker is uncommman and not a regular visitor but I have seen many times in my garden..This is the first time that I was able to capture to my camara..
A large Woodpecker 32cm(12in) with green and yellow plumage and a bright red crown.Male has red moustache and black edging.Woodpeckers are highly specialised for file in the trees and for extracting insects from crevices with their long tongues with barbed tips.The green Woody can strech its tongue out 10cm (4 in) beyond the tips of its beak.Using its tongue,it can probe deep in to the galleries of an ants nests...(in my video you can see exactly he is doing the same)
In a garden with Ants and Ants hills,or in old grassland,green woddy find rich pickings,often making a Blackbird a tidy gardener....But its beauty compensates for any damage caused....
RELATRD SPECIES - GREATED SPOTTED , LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER

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• Woodpecker
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[chaddd3d]

Great video, I never manage to get closer than 100 yards from one

[lmmsl]

@chaddd3d Thanks a lot for your visit and comments..He is always in my garden and love to dig the ground for Ants...

[johnnycheck99]

They have a very strange call- you can tell when one is around- a loud ringing call.

[lmmsl]

@johnnycheck99 Yes, They are amazing birds and thanks a lot for your visit..

[Eztoez]

had one in my garden a few days ago

first time I ever saw one

really pretty

it was pecking stuff on the grass for like 10 minutes

[lmmsl]

@Eztoez Yes ,they love to have Ants and worms....Many thanks for your visit and kind comments.All the best...

[akemisue]

i like the music! thanks for posting!

[fredsta786]

nice video dude, one just came into my garden but i was unsure what bird it was, was this one exactly - know i do know which one it is. first time here in my garden i think......

[spacecowboy7580]

Nice video, not sure about the music though...Release Me?

I bet he likes Adam And The Ants!

[drewkieranfisher1990]

i have also seen the same beautiful bird in the woody area of neath hill milton keynes . but the bad news is i saw it today sadly dead on the road i use to see this bird everytime before an after i finish work :-(