Not one but three woodies

We occasionally have a green woodpecker visit giving itself away by it's "laugh". Heard it again this evening but looking out of our porch window I was amazed to see three, parents and a yougster,in the middle of a housing estate, feeding by our footpath and next doors garden. Made our day!
Only have a 4x zoom so no close ups.

 

They are lovely..send them my way as i like birds ..

 

Nice pic strongy, is it me or are woodpeckers becoming more common.

 

Excellent Strongy........

 

Don't know Pete, Great Spotted woodpeckers are more common but we have never seen one here , so the Greens are more of a surprise to me. Perhaps they are more abundant elsewhere.

 

There nice birds either way, cant usually get them stand still, your fortunate to have them.

 

The woodies were insect hunting (ants? )and occasionally feeding the young one, this was the first time we had seen more than one and the closest they had been.

 

Wow Strongy!!!!! Lucky you!!!! Lots of people don't like them and shoo them away as they have a habit of digging holes in people's lawns to get the ants... we had one that turned up at work and dig the lawn outside :D :D - needless to say, all work stopped when it arrived!!!! (and one day we had 12 (yes TWELVE) phesants on the lawn!!!! - but thats another story....)

 

well captured

 

Thanks, I took a pic of a black redstart on our front path last year in november, it was late afternoon, dark bird, tarmac path! crap pic, at least the woodies show up even through the window.