Wildlife : Birdwatching - 1579 🐦 (+video)

🦉 The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

📚 Dendrocopos Greek: dendron tree, coptō to hit, beat
📚 major (lat.) big

This species of woodpecker is found everywhere , of course, with the exception of open spaces such as meadows. Starting in autumn, these guys join other bird species in a mixed bird flock and fly together through the forests in search of food.

In this difficult time, they feed on vegetable food, various seeds, especially coniferous ones, which are obtained from cones. And they are also trying to get out from under the bark of insects that have hibernated.

In the spring, insects appear and then the woodpeckers feel better. You can often see how the woodpecker swarms in the ground, where he is looking for ants.