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From Cornell:
These birds often stick to main branches and trunks of trees, where they hitch in classic woodpecker fashion, leaning away from the trunk and onto their stiff tail feathers as they search for food hiding in bark crevices. When nesting, males choose the site and begin to excavate, then try to attract a female by calling and tapping softly on the wood around or in the cavity. When a female accepts, she taps along with the male, then helps put the finishing touches on the nest cavity. At feeders, Red-bellied Woodpeckers will push aside most bird species other than Blue Jays.
The Red-Legged Honeycreeper in the Lowlands of Costa Rica. I especially like this image with him excited and the feathers in the head standing up.
This beautiful fox is a wild fox, but obviously not skittish. It climbed up on this stump and curled up to watch the world go by, just 15 feet from my car (and myself standing behind my car).
The Red-crested Turaco is a fairly large, colorful, long-tailed regal bird. It is easily identified by its vivid red crest, white face and yellow beak. Eyes are red and the beak is yellowish-green. Its plumage is overall green. They measure 19 – 20 in (47.5-50 cm) from beak to tip of tail and weigh around 210-325g. Although they are social among the species, they are shy and remained concealed among the branches and seldom come to ground, except for water or food.
Image taken on the Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire.
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