By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:26 AM on 12th June 2009
Bird brain: This juvenile Great Spotted woodpecker bit off more than he could chew after mistaking this lichen-covered lamp-post for a tree
How about I try from this side? The confused woodpecker begins to realise that the concrete structure is not going to give him the grubs he seeks
[size=1.2em]Talk about barking up the wrong tree. This woodpecker was spotted drumming away at a concrete lamp-post he had mistaken for a wooden trunk.
[size=1.2em]He clattered valiantly with his beak for a few minutes before giving up.
[size=1.2em]To be fair to the young Great Spotted woodpecker, the weathered surface of the 20-year-old post covered in lichen and moss did look slightly tree-like.
But there was certainly no chance of breaking the 20-year-old post without a jackhammer - and no tasty grubs lurking inside, either.
狗仔卡
发表于 2009-6-16 08:42
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