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Middle-spotted woodpecker        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Three species of 'spotted' woodpeckers are found in Europe: the lesser-spotted, great-spotted, and this species, the middle-spotted woodpecker.   All are typical woodpeckers in form, habits, and voice.   I got just a single quick photograph of this individual as it peeked at me around a tree trunk near Bialowieza, Poland.

  • Canon 1D3, 800 mm lens + 1.4X converter, fill-in flash (2009)