Friends, imagine the following scene: you're standing in the woods and watch birds which flew swiftly to any tree and sat on it, as if sticking.How she managed to cling so tightly to the tree?Through her fingers forward (two) and back (one), and a hard tail.And here you see how this feathered creation instantly moves the tree, its trunk rattling like a medical hammer.Suddenly the bird stopped and struck the trunk more than ever!Beak with all his strength just struck a tree!At the same moment in the hole and stuck his long prehensile bristly tongue.Who is it?Friends, it spotted woodpecker - a bird that deserves respect and attention to the person!It is interesting, right?Then read on!
and "smith", and all wings - well done!
in winter forest always quiet ... But somewhere at a distance from time to time hear short sharp knock - it works motley "smith"!Yes, friends, spotted woodpecker - a bird that called on "all-rounder" Expert!It is worth it to find a tree with a rasschelinkoy he immediately arranges it real "forge"!It is not surprising, because any Woodpecker - Bird hardworking!They are constantly being dragged into their svezhevydolblennuyu "mine" pine and fir cones.Then razdalblivayut them, pulling his miracle tongue from under the scales nuts and seeds.As rasklyuyut a lump, so immediately fly after another.That is why under the many trees in the forest can be found in the snow the whole pile of empty cone.
Forest Dr.
general in nature woodpecker - insectivorous birds.Power for him are those beetles and larvae that are found in the bark of a tree, and under it, as well as in the wood and on the branches.This bird is rightly earned the nickname "Dr. Forest."Why is that?It's all in his knock.If knocking on wood, then, it was the end of all insect pests!Forest will live on!This feathered weasel pretty quickly determines the characteristic woody sound, where it hid all the harmful insects, and proceeds to their execution.The funny thing is that our feathered friend will not rest until all the pests eat the tree!Even birch sap in the spring woodpeckers drink very carefully and cautiously, so as not to harm the tree.Well, the real doctor!In autumn, our feathered friend regales pine nuts, seeds of pine and spruce.Many woodpeckers - huge fans of various fruits.These birds live in the hollows that they themselves and hollow.The female brings three to seven eggs.
refundable "agent"
Bird woodpecker, the disclosure of which can not touched by this, is an unwitting assistant to other birds and even ... for the bats!The fact that prodolblennye woodpecker in a few days for many years are hollow housing for nests of other bird species and bats flying mammals (for example, red vechornytsi).
The diversity of
Woodpecker - Bird (photo №3), spread throughout the world and in Russia in particular.Imagine that as many as 15 species of the known 370-minute live in our country!Outwardly they differ in color, size, character and habits.Among the other types of the most famous and outstanding are as follows:
- small and big splashy,
- snowy,
- gray and green woodpeckers.
