Thursday, November 05, 2009

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Fantastic footage of a Peruvian crested woodpecker attacked by a large green tree snake at a nestsite(?) --- don't know which is more amazing, the snake's speed or the woodpecker's persistence (snake attack begins around the 37-second mark, so you can be ready):



(hat tip to BirdChick for this one)
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1 comment:

Julie Zickefoose said...

Flippin' unbelievable. What looked like a crimson-crested woodpecker innocently excavating turned out to be a desperate bird trying to defend its eggs or young. Just an incredible bit of footage.