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Clever Woodpecker Hides From Danger | Discover Wildlife | Robert E Fuller

1,451 views · Published 6 September 2018 · 0:43 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: Robert E Fuller · 2018 · Pets & Animals

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Watch how this woodpecker avoids detection by hiding underneath a branch when it sees a bird fly overhead. 

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Woodpecker hiding

It can't tell what is approaching, but as it spots movement the clever woodpecker scurries under the branch for safety. 

Woodpecker vs sparrowhawk

This reminds me of a scene I once painted. I had been photographing birds from a hide when I heard the garden birds alarm calling. I knew straightaway it was a sparrowhawk attack! I looked out and to my horror saw it had my beloved woodpecker pinned to the floor. I know you shouldn’t intervene but I before I knew it I’d leapt off my seat to chase this sparrowhawk away. 

The woodpecker was relatively unscathed apart from a few feathers plucked from its side and flew to a nearby post to recover. To the woodpecker’s (and my) horror the sparrowhawk came back to see what had happened to its meal. 

Seeing it gone, it flew to the top of the post where the woodpecker was resting. But it hadn’t spotted its victim as the sparrowhawk’s vision is mainly attuned to movement. The woodpecker flattened it’s body to the post with it’s beak facing upward to hide its profile. Before too long the unknowing sparrowhawk got bored and flew off. And the woodpecker went on to live another day. 

To see the painting this sighting inspired head over to my blog at https://www.robertefuller.com/diary/sparrowhawk-attack/

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