White-backed Woodpecker

"There!
Over there!
There's a Woodpecker!"








There were only some Taiwan Sibia & Taiwan Yuhina early morning in Sunlinksea area, and I guess
that I won’t have the chance to find the target birds this morning.


And I have to say thanks to Summer, who has the very sharp-eyes to found this rear White-backed Woodpecker on the cliff-side dead wood, which was 30 meters away from us.


I only took couple of shots before it flown away within the few seconds we found it, and call our friends to confirm that’s the White-backed Woodpecker wee took. Yes, we got luck today!!











This male White-backed Woodpecker is look like the Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker, except it have bigger size and red feathers on crown and under-tailed covert.
Four hours of waiting this morning would be worth a while when we met this Woodpecker accidentally.


In Taiwan Bird guide, we got 4 different kinds of Woodpecker, which are Wryneck, Gray-headed Green Woodpecker, White-backed Woodpecker and Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker, I’ve listed three of them that taken by myself for your reference:


Wryneck








This records were took at this April, while it took a short break in Da-Yuan area before it heading north again, an over 30 meters photo records.


Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker








This cute Gray-headed climbed up and down the tree and pretty difficult to predict where would he stayed, recorded in Wu-Lin Farm.


As to the Gray-headed Green Woodpecker, well, I guess I ‘d need some lucks this winter in Wu-Lin Frarm.