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Pretty Visitor

Yesterday I heard some weid noises coming from

my garden, and when I pulled the curtains away, I noticed that he (or she image

had returned! He was eating ants again.. his favorite meal:

image

 

But he's so cautious,. if he spots you he's gone like the wind image

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  • ElusiveElusive Posts: 992

    Its a Green Woodpecker. How beautiful image

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    I hear them in the mornings around here. Love them image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • haha lol no this isn't the real one from my garden, if that one sees me with my camera, he's gone image

  • WeaveyDaveyWeaveyDavey Posts: 575

    GfB: I was just about to congratulate you on the quality of the 'photo'....Still, it's great that you get regular (fleeting) sightings, eh??

  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    I thought you might like to see a beetle that landed in one of my Red Hot Poker flowers (Australia). 

    name:

    Fiddler Beetle. Eupoecila australasiae (scarabaeidae)

    image

     It's a bit hard to see, but the colours are black and greenly lemon.

    S. E. NSW
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