Tuesday, 3 March 2015
If you didn't think weasels were quick enough to catch a bird......Annoying Weasel 'Plays' With Cat
If you didn't think weasels were quick enough to catch a bird.........
Why the green woodpecker was vulnerable to a weasel....
Green woodpeckers like short grass ....lawns and golf courses ...where they can access the ants that they feed on. People often see them in their garden feeding in this way. You can see this bird using its tongue to extract ants from the turf. Even though it does keep looking up, I suspect the weasel was quick enough to catch the bird off-guard. Green woodpeckers are quite common and their 'yaffle' call is loud and unlikely to be missed. Fans of the children's series 'Bagpuss' will know that Professor Yaffle was a green woodpecker.
Weasel Mustela nivalis killing Brown Rat
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/this-is-what-the-photographer-has-to-say-about-this-pretty-incredible-picture-10081890.html
A picture of a weasel riding a flying green woodpecker has been doing the internet rounds and some people have questioned its validity. Well I have seen weasels hunting. amongst other things, woodmice and pied wagtails....they are incredibly fast and strong and riding on the back before delivering a killing bite to the neck is their classic attack strategy. Green woodpeckers are predominantly ground feeders, primarily taking ants from short turf, so I am not surprised this one was attacked by a weasel. They are big birds and well capable of carrying the weasel......this one was lucky that the photographer disturbed the attack for the weasel to let go,,,,,,usually they don't!
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