Watching a green woodpecker looking for ants in my garden (inkl. Video)

@florian-glechner · 2025-05-13 20:08 · hive-106444

On sunday I was watching the birds that visited my garden and I did several pictures and also videos of these guys. One of these birds was this european green woodpecker that was looking for ants in the grass. I found it a bit funny that some of the ants were trying to climb on the feathers of this woodpecker that is eating them as a snack. On the first picture you can see 2 ants on his feathers. The bird was inspecting the grass in my garden and probably found a lot of ants there since it was there for a long time.

Z62_4930.jpg It is a beautiful bird with its green feathers and the the red "hat". Picture: Florian Glechner. Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100

Z62_4941.jpg It was inspecting the grass in my garden for ants. Picture: Florian Glechner. Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 Z62_4961.jpg I was able to shoot some pictures through my window and therefore I probably stayed completely invisible to the bird. Picture: Florian Glechner. Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 Z62_4967.jpg Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 Z62_4977.jpg Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 Z62_4986.jpg Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 Z62_4990.jpg Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 Z62_4993.jpg Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 Z62_5027.jpg Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 DSC_5962.jpg Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 DSC_5955.jpg Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 DSC_5980.JPG Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 DSC_5973.JPG Camera used | Nikon Z6II ------------ | ------------- Lens used | Nikor 180-600 mm lens Filter used | none Exposure Time | 1/500 Seconds Aperture used | F6.3 Focal Length | 600 mm Time | 10:41 am ISO | 100 https://youtu.be/lPxVA7zUnhs

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