I love being out and about in the countryside with Dylan my dog, however, when you have day after day of cold wet weather, when your cagoule has to be fully pulled over your head and face, and there is little to see or hear, the fun goes out of it. Hence the lack of blogs for the last few days.
This morning there was a little respite. Seeing some small birds across the field, I applied my binoculars but first spotted a green woodpecker. Nothing unusual about that, I regularly see two or three on this particular field. But this male bird was acting in a very strange manner. It was swaying its head from side to side in a most pronounced manner.
Roving my eyes (through the glasses) a little to one side, I saw another green woodpecker. Whether this was a female or one of the immature birds, I could not be sure, but the male, I presume, was either courting it or threatening it.
The other birds turned out to be goldfinches.
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