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European Green Woodpecker / picus viridis. Lincolnshire. 24/06/16.
'PERIPHERAL VISION'.
This view of a Green Woodpecker helped me better understand why they are such impossible birds to sneak up on, (however stealthily), from behind!
Those bulging eyes are set on the side of its head for the sole purpose of survival. Their strategic positioning allows the bird to have the very best peripheral vision possible. A wider visual field enables it to detect the slightest movement or threats from predators, whatever direction they may be coming from.
When I think back to the many hours I've spent waiting for, then crawling inch by painful inch under camouflage netting towards feeding Green Woodpeckers, I realise I was onto a loser from the start!
My thanks then to Tom Robinson, owner of Wildlife Photography Hides, who has a beautifully designed set-up which allowed me to make images in comfort.
European Green Woodpecker DSC_1340
European Green Woodpecker / picus viridis. Lincolnshire. 24/06/16.
'PERIPHERAL VISION'.
This view of a Green Woodpecker helped me better understand why they are such impossible birds to sneak up on, (however stealthily), from behind!
Those bulging eyes are set on the side of its head for the sole purpose of survival. Their strategic positioning allows the bird to have the very best peripheral vision possible. A wider visual field enables it to detect the slightest movement or threats from predators, whatever direction they may be coming from.
When I think back to the many hours I've spent waiting for, then crawling inch by painful inch under camouflage netting towards feeding Green Woodpeckers, I realise I was onto a loser from the start!
My thanks then to Tom Robinson, owner of Wildlife Photography Hides, who has a beautifully designed set-up which allowed me to make images in comfort.