A Great Spotted Woodpecker nest from several years ago. This one made it into @theguardian.com's 'Week in Wildlife'. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2020/jun/12/the-week-in-wildlife-in-pictures#img-9
In #Bath #Somerset #UK
#WoodpeckerWednesday #Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #BirdsOfFediverse #birdsofmastodon #naturecommunity

#WoodpeckerWednesday

Downy Woodpecker tucked deep into a star magnolia tree.

Gila Woodpeckers are well known for nesting in saguaro cactuses, but did you know they also nest in large trees within riparian forests?

For #WoodpeckerWednesday, here's a Red-shafted Northern Flicker. This one is a male and was possibly excavating a nest cavity before it took a break and flew over to another tree. A female was nearby. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon #WillametteValley

Gilded Flickers are the rarest of the covered species on the Lower Colorado River project. There was once a population in a now-gone saguaro forest near Laguna Dam, but they now breed regularly only on the upper Bill Williams River.

Male Red-bellied Woodpecker with his red belly actually showing in this photo! You can see the late afternoon sun reflected in his pretty eye.

Norfolk, Massachusetts (3/22/25)

For #WoodpeckerWednesday here's a male downy woodpecker. Yes, downies are a rather common bird in many places, but I thought this pose with the shaggy-barked vine was nice. TIA If anyone can tell me what the tree or vine is. Algonkian Regional Park, Sterling, Virginia, USA 5-Mar-2025. #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography

Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker for #WoodpeckerWednesday #Nature #Birds #Photography

Sunlight gleams through the bright red crest of a Lineated Woodpecker, the tropical counterpart to the Pileated Woodpecker.

#WoodpeckerWednesday :
#Majolica #Woodpecker Vase, made by Minton, England, 1870
Tin-glazed earthenware, H 18.5 cm
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/29604/lot/268/a-minton-majolica-woodpecker-vase-dated-1870/
#BirdsInArt

#WatercolorWednesday + #WoodpeckerWednesday:
Edward Von Siebold Dingle (SC, USA, 1893-1975)
#Woodpecker Group, n.d.
Watercolor on paperboard, 28 3/8 x 21 3/8 in.
Gibbes Museum 1975.011.0005: https://gibbesmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/ECA0DA5B-7E80-4993-B358-487971135850
ID challenge: 7 of the 8 species of woodpeckers native to South Carolina are represented here, in male/female pairs: can you name them all? Extra credit: which one is missing? (Answers in the ALT!)
#BirdsInArt

For #WoodpeckerWednesday:
Fritz Rudolf Hug (Swiss, 1921-1989)
1. Vier Spechte [Four #Woodpeckers]
oil on canvas, 60x40cm
2. Black Woodpecker
oil on canvas, 50x40cm
3. Small Group of Woodpeckers
oil on canvas, 40x60cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Vier-Spechte/77E36021D4DDCA06C90509B96237B304
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Black-Woodpecker--Schwarzspecht---Pic-no/1A58C61071ED1EB6627DD3B6F39C4FFD
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Small-group-of-woodpeckers/15FABD188FB124B7
#BirdsInArt

#WoodpeckerWednesday:
Johannes Larsen (Danish, 1867-1961)
1. #Woodpecker, 1905
woodcut print
2. A Black Woodpecker by a Tree Stump, 1916
oil on canvas
3. Two Black Woodpeckers, 1921
woodcut print
4. A Black Woodpecker, n.d.
watercolor & ink on paper
#BirdsInArt
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Four-compositions--Woodpecker-and-three-/F581048F5D2E60A2
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/A-black-woodpecker-by-a-tree-stump/143362E1FEBFA26B84B64BECD916CA2C
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/-To-sortspaetter----troldand--and--To-ed/B492834A0A532107C1CDE1B0AFEBBBE0
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/A-black-woodpecker/29665939692A6AA3F6B02ADF418F38E7

For #WoodpeckerWednesday + #Woodensday :
Designed by Emile Gallé (French, 1846–1904)
"side table depicting a #woodpecker perched on oak branch, retrieving an acorn"
wood, marquetry, signed; 24 1/4"Dia x 22"H
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/side-table-depicting-a-woodpecker-perche/3E3023DD9F4D84CE6CBFF95B08F16FA4
#BirdsInArt

For #WoodpeckerWednesday + #WatercolorWednesday :
Frank Southgate (British, 1872-1916)
A #Woodpecker, n.d.
Watercolor, 13 x 9 in. (33 x 22.9 cm)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/A-Woodpecker/4D6F81589D2EFBF9
European Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
#BirdsInArt

#WoodpeckerWednesday + #WatercolorWednesday :
Archibald Thorburn (Scottish, 1860-1935)
A Black #Woodpecker in Woodland, 1930
watercolour w/ bodycolour, 44 x 27.5 cm
a male Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), Europe’s largest woodpecker
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/21492/lot/1/archibald-thorburn-british-1860-1935-a-black-woodpecker-in-woodland/

#WoodpeckerWednesday :
Gunnar Nylund (Swedish, 1904-1997)
Stoneware #Woodpecker
made in Rörstrand, Sweden, 1930-40's
Glazed stoneware sculpture, H 33 cm
https://www.bukowskis.com/en/lots/1218011-gunnar-nylund-a-stoneware-sculpture-of-a-woodpecker-rorstrand-sweden-1930-40-s

For #WoodpeckerWednesday :
Adolf Dietrich (Swiss, 1877-1957), Buntspechte, 1937
Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 26 cm
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/BUNTSPECHTE--1937-SPOTTED-WOODPECKER--19/37879CDADCB2248E
#BirdsInArt

#WoodpeckerWednesday:
#Woodpecker, 1974
Art Thompson (Canadian, Ditidaht, Nuu-Chah-Nulth, 1948-2003)
serigraph, 58.5 x 44.4 cm
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 1998.035.024: https://aggv.ca/emuseum/objects/15671/woodpecker
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #BirdsInArt

#WoodpeckerWednesday:
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865–1931)
The Great Black #Woodpecker, 1893
gouache on paper, 145 × 90 cm
Kansallisgalleria Finnish National Gallery A-1996-2 https://www.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/object/511912
#BirdsInArt