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	Great Spotted Woodpecker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The upper parts of the male are glossy fl, with a crimson spot on the nape and white on the sides of the face and neck.
		It may be distinguished from the smaller Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by the crimson on the abdomen.
		It is audible from a great distance, depending on the wind and the condition of the wood, a hollow bough naturally producing a louder note than living wood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Spotted_Woodpecker (556 words)

	Syrian Woodpecker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Syrian Woodpecker is a resident breeding bird from southeastern Europe east to Iran.
		The female has no crimson on the nape, and in the young this nape spot is absent, but the crown is crimson.it differs from the smaller Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by the crimson on the abdomen.
		When hidden by the foliage, the Syrian Woodpecker’s presence is often advertised by the mechanical drumming, a vibrating rattle, produced by the rapidly repeated blows of its strong bill upon a trunk or branch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syrian_Woodpecker (618 words)

	Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
		A cone is harvested by the woodpecker holding it with one foot while attacking the stalk until it breaks.
		Although feeding their own young largely on insects and spiders, great spotted woodpeckers are notorious for taking the eggs and young of other hole-nesting birds (especially tits and house martins).
		The woodpeckers gain access to the nest either by enlarging the box entrance or by drilling through the side of the box on a level with the contents.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/g-s-woodpecker.htm (830 words)

	Birds
		Great Spotted Woodpeckers like to live in mature woodland of either broadleaved or coniferous trees.
		The Great Spotted Woodpecker is known as a "partial migrant", meaning that some of them stay in Britain all year long, and others sometimes fly off to warmer countries.
		The Green Woodpecker is about the size of a pigeon, but it is green, with its head capped red.
	www.naturegrid.org.uk /biodiversity/birds/woodpeck.htm (441 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Great spotted woodpecker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Great spotted woodpeckers are the most widespread and numerous woodpecker in the UK.
		Great spotted woodpeckers have a large range covering almost the entire Palearctic from Britain in the west to Japan in the east and reaching North Africa and the Canary Islands in the south-west.
		Great spotted woodpeckers are a resident species in the UK.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3058.shtml (326 words)

	species page; great spotted woodpecker page 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The great spotted woodpecker can be found almost anywhere where there are trees, which the bird drills into to make a nest hole as well as to find food such as beetle larvae.
		The great spotted woodpecker is also quite a common visitor to the bird table.
		In addition to using trees for nesting and finding food, great spotted woodpeckers also use them to produce their equivalent of a song; they will find a resonant dead branch and sharply hammer at it with the bill, creating a typical woodpecker sound but noticeably louder than that produced by the quest for food.
	www2002.stoke.gov.uk /museums/pmag/Nof_website1/species/birds/birdsg-h/pages/gswood05.htm (167 words)

	Great spotted woodpecker - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Great spotted woodpeckers are fl and white with vivid red under the tail.
		If you hear a loud 'drumming', it is more than likely a great spotted woodpecker: this sound is made witht he bill, hammered rapidly against a branch in a short, vibrant burst.
		Each year a pair of woodpeckers excavates a new nest in a tree, often a dead oak or birch.
	www.rspb.org.uk /gardens/guide/atoz/g/greatspottedwoodpecker.asp (293 words)

	Feeder Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It took the birds two or three weeks to find it; great tits were first, followed by blue tits, nuthatches, and marsh tits (late in the season).
		She held onto the edge of the tray with her claws and propped her tail against the bottom of the feeder.
		The great tits made up about 90 percent of the visitors, followed by blue tits, with about 5 percent; the remainder being nuthatches, marsh tits, and since December coal tits and greenfinches.
	members.aol.com /kalakot2/1/birdsggf.html (1579 words)

	Great Spotted Woodpecker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Great Spotted Woodpecker is an exciting garden visitor with its vivid fl and white patterning and the flash of its bright red ‘underpants’.
		During the summer, adult Great Spotted Woodpeckers may be accompanied by their youngsters, learning about the food available and how to obtain it.
		Great Spotted Woodpecker juveniles have red foreheads that are replaced by fl as they moult in the autumn.
	www.bto.org /gbw/Species/BIRDS_GRSWO.htm (436 words)

	Woodpeckers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is the Great Spotted Woodpecker on a dead tree stump - actually the post of a peanut feeder, and she is waiting her turn for some nuts.
		When Woodpecker are pecking over the bark for insect food, they peck only once or twice a second, with very little sound as the wood is usually soft.
		This is the Green Woodpecker on a dying elm trunk riddled with tasty insects.
	www.moorhen.demon.co.uk /woodpeck.htm (434 words)

	Dendrocopos major - Great Spotted woodpecker
		Sometimes referred to as the 'pied woodpecker', this is the member of the woodpecker family seen most frequently in Wales, although several others are also to be found here.
		The large white wing patches distinguish the greater spotted woodpecker from the 'barred' or lesser spotted woodpecker, which is a much smaller bird.
		The scarlet nape patch shows that the bird in the picture is a male: the female has no red on her nape.
	www.first-nature.com /birds/dendrocopos_major.htm (170 words)

	Slawek Parniewicz's birding site - birdwatching in Poland, Weekly Mystery Quiz. the best links. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During the trip there, from the car we saw a Lesser Spotted Eagle very well flying over the other side of the river that flows close to the road, so the bird was in Ukraine.
		We saw Black, White-backed and Great Spotted Woodpeckers and Wryneck, Lesser and Common Whitethroat, and a group of 30 Siskins.
		We arrived at Bialowieza in the afternoon and we went to the information centre, where we bought the map of the area of the PTOP (a polish ornithological society) where it marks where some species can be found in the park.
	www.geocities.com /polandbirding/folder/poland/rep4.htm (4473 words)

	Great-spotted woodpecker - Dendrocopos major: More Information - ARKive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The great spotted woodpecker is the most common and widespread of the British woodpeckers (3).
		This woodpecker is most common in southern England, although it is absent from the fens of East Anglia and from higher ground.
		The great spotted woodpecker feeds on seeds, invertebrates, and occasionally bird eggs and nestlings (2).
	www.arkive.org /species/ARK/birds/Dendrocopos_major/more_info.html (423 words)

	Habitat selection of the Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus), with some references to the sympatric Great ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One of them, the Three-toed Woodpecker (pictures 11, 12, 13), has strongly declined in Finland since the middle of the 70s but seems nowadays to show an apparent stability of its population at a much lower density (which represents about 30% of the European breeding population!).
		At the level of the woodpecker’s home-range, it is being analysed whether interspecific interactions with the larger and sympatric Great spotted Woodpecker may exist, which, in turn, may affect the final choice of territory by the Three-toed Woodpecker.
		In addition, seasonal variation in intensity of the male Three-toed Woodpecker territorial behaviour and territory size with the onset of breeding activities is studied in relation to (i) its female territorial behaviour and territory size, and (ii) the occurrence and timing of conspecific intrusions.
	bio.joensuu.fi /pf/philippe.htm (730 words)

	mikebirdart - great spotted woodpecker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		WOODPECKER 2003 (knifework/brush acrylic on 13mm Shuttering Plywood, 12"x12")
		Shuttering Plywood is rough, grainy and a challenge, but the texture gives a more rustic impression which is a diversion from the smoothness of MDF or more expensive boards.
		The woodpecker is a prime candidate for such a look, living as it does in the rough forests.
	basic1.easily.co.uk /05700B/044004/woodpecker.html (56 words)

	ANIMAL Teachers: Winged Ones: Woodpecker Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Different drummings are used in courtship calls and in telling other Woodpeckers, “I’m Here!” Woodpeckers drum in grief when a Mate dies, and in relief when They are being relieved by their Mate in feeding their Young.
		Woodpeckers are a “core species” of the woodlands (except in Australia and Madagascar, where They are absent).
		According to Roman Classical tradition, a Woodpecker was part of the founding of the City of Rome.
	www.funkman.org /animal/bird/woodpeckerfamily.html (449 words)

	Great Spotted Woodpecker
		There are a few species of Woodpeckers in Holland and this is the most common one.
		During these visits it behaves like the Great Tit and Blue Tit: it is very fond of the peanut nets and will fanatically try to get the nuts out.
		This Great Spotted Woodpecker was listed on our state's rare bird hotline.
	hania.gardensafari.net /english/pages/spechtgb.htm (680 words)

	Wildlife - Great Spotted Woodpecker
		The larger and commoner of our two fl and white woodpeckers.
		Upperparts mainly fl with white patches on wings and on face.
		Widespread and often fairly common throughout mainland Britain except the far N; absent from Ireland.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_great_spotted_woodpecker.html (120 words)

	birdtours.co.uk - Merlin Bird Tours Birding Calendar
		A great spotted woodpecker drums and feeds happily on a rotten bankside alder. I get the impression he would be happy when the ‘Vikings’ return to their breeding grounds.
		A shoveler was spotted in the pond and we watched for a while as kittiwakes collected nesting vegetation close by.
		Two baby seals gave great views and a juvenile red-backed shrike was found on the cliff-tops. A beautiful spot in dramatic weather. New Quay head yielded tumbling chough, peregrine falcon and raven. The falcon was particularly confiding — tracking us along the cliff path.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/wales/wales2/s-wales.htm (1480 words)

	Dendrocopos minor
		The only other woodpecker which has a 'ladder' of white bars across the upperparts is the White-backed Woodpecker which is much bigger and always reddish under the tail.
		In flight the Lesser Spotted is so small you may not realise it is a woodpecker but the rounded wings and short pointed tail should provide clues.
		The rarest of the three resident British woodpeckers, it does not occur in Scotland and is difficult to see elsewhere, due to its small size and arboreal nature.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Dendrocopos_minor.htm (285 words)

	IngentaConnect PARENTAL CARE AND PARENTAGE IN MONOGAMOUS GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKE... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For this study, we chose two woodpecker species: the great spotted woodpecker (Picoides major) and the middle spotted woodpecker (Picoides medius).
		We found that in great spotted and middle spotted woodpeckers paternal effort was high.
		Great spotted and middle spotted woodpeckers are typical of a group of monogamous nonpasserine birds with high male investment in brood care having low frequencies of EPP.
	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/brill/beh/2001/00000138/00000010/art00005 (412 words)

	Dendrocopos major
		Apart from being much bigger, the Great Spotted is easily told by the big white patches on its shoulders, as well as the red under-tail coverts.
		Separating them from other woodpeckers is harder but they are intermediate in size and structure between the White-backed and Middle Spotted Woodpeckers, both of which have streaked underparts.
		The commonest woodpecker in most of Europe except perhaps in the south-east where the Syrian Woodpecker is abundant.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Dendrocopos_major.htm (329 words)

	Kultasointu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The most intense period of the Great Spotted Woodpecker´s courtship is in March.
		A pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers have their nest hole in a grey snag deep in the shades of the forest.
		The mysterious Three-toed Woodpecker is one of the characteristic species of the northern taiga.
	www.kolumbus.fi /kultasointu/lsoi7e.htm (1802 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from Poland
		We decided to go to one Dolina that is a bit separated from town, so we took the car and drove there. While we arrived to the parking place it started to rain, not too much but enough to get wet and disturb birdwatching.
		We stopped and waited for a while to hear woodpeckers, but we heard nothing. We ascended through the forest for more than one hour, and we heard just few birds, and we reached the top, where we found high grass pastures.
		Most part of the day driving. We arrived at Bialowieza in the afternoon and we went to the information centre, where we bought the map of the area of the PTOP (a polish ornithological society) where it marks where some species can be found in the park.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/poland/poland5/PolandREPORt.htm (4338 words)

	Poland 1999
		Hen Harrier, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Hazel Grouse, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Lesser, Middle and Great Spotted Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Nutcracker.
		In the morning we stayed in Bialowieska; at midday we went to Byalistok fish-ponds, and in the afternoon we drove to Biebrza marshes.
		In the morning we stayed in the Central Basin, in the afternoon we drove to Gdansk, and at sunset we went to Swibno.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Poland99.html (4424 words)

	THE OTTER SIDE - Woodpecker Images
		Great Spotted Woodpeckers are residents across much of northern Europe and Asia.
		The "big brother" of the dainty Downy Woodpecker, the Hairy Woodpecker is less often seen at feeders than its diminutive cousin.
		This female Ladder-backed Woodpecker was photographed at its nest hole in a fencepost at Laguna Atascosa NWR in southern Texas.
	www.otterside.com /htmfiles/woodp4.htm (335 words)

	The Irish Birding List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 1:28 PM Subject: Re: Great Spotted Woodpecker The race of the bird is of interest as the British population is believed to be sedentary whilst the scandinavian race is migratory.
		There is one record of anglicus for Ireland The Great Spotted Woodpecker is the most widespread and abundant of the spotted woodpeckers, found throughout Britain, Scandinavia and throughout Europe, in coniferous or mixed woodland and forest, parks, orchards and sometimes in winter in large gardens.
		I heard that there's a Great Spotted Woodpecker on Tresco, Scilly Isles at the moment, where it is a vagrant.
	birdingonthe.net /mailinglists/EIRE.html (11871 words)

	Great Spotted Woodpecker-Photos - Digital-Nature-Photography - Photo Great Spotted Woodpecker images image Pics
		Great Spotted Woodpecker (Picoides major) - At the feeder - "At the Feeder" Sometimes the woodpecker comes to my fathers feeder.
		Buntspecht Great Spotted Woodpecker-photo and Great Spotted Woodpeckers-photos photographs Buntspecht naturephotography.
		Great Spotted Woodpecker photo and Great Spotted Woodpecker pictures, as Great Spotted Woodpeckers photos and Great Spotted Woodpeckers pictures.
	www.digital-nature-photography.com /nature/voegel/great-spotted-woodpecker-photos.php (278 words)

	Great Spotted Woodpeckers - UK Safari
		Special features: This is the UK's most common woodpecker.
		The great spotted woodpecker, is sometimes called the 'pied woodpecker' because of its fl and white colouring.
		Both the male and female birds have a vivid red patch under the tail, but only the males have a red patch at the back of the neck.
	www.uksafari.com /greatspotted.htm (212 words)

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