Saturday 30 August 2014

Picid in Focus: Red-throated Wryneck

A great image of Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis from Ethiopia by Carlos Gonzalez Bocos.

Sunday 3 August 2014

Picid in Focus: Williamson's Sapsucker female

Continuing the subject of sexually dimorphism, here is an adult female Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus, very different in plumage from the colourful male. Photo taken near Bend, Oregon, USA, in July 2014 by Gerard Gorman.