They need almost two weeks to excavate the hole in tall tree, usually between 5 and 10 metres above the ground, sometimes higher. ![]() The laying occurs from mid-March to mid-May. The flight is usually slow, clumsy, with the head raised.īreeding season starts as soon as mid-January, due to long pair-formation and selection of the nest-site. The Black Woodpecker flight action is fluttery and irregular over long distances, but it is more undulating during shorter flights and before landing. Some altitudinal movements are reported in winter in mountainous regions. Northern populations are only partially migratory. The Black Woodpecker is resident in most parts of its wide range. The woodpecker removes the bark and takes a look at larger pieces. The Black Woodpecker chisels deep, elongated, rectangular holes into tree trunks, in order to reach invertebrates hidden in burrows in the wood. It performs clumsy hops when foraging on the ground. They climb straight on trunks and large branches, and rarely perches crosswise. They forage low on tree trunks and at base of trees on the ground. It often feeds solitary but both partners keep in loose vocal contact. It also takes wood-boring beetles and bark beetles and their larvae, and other arthropods, and occasionally snails. The Black Woodpecker feeds mainly on ants and their brood. ![]() This species is visible from lowlands up to 2000 metres of elevation, but it occurs usually below 1200 metres, higher in Asia (1700-2000m) and China (2400m). ![]() Outside breeding season, it can be seen in open areas, forest clear-cuts, and sometimes vicinity of cities. The Black Woodpecker frequents mature broadleaved or coniferous forests and large woodlands, and is also seen at forest edges. At nest, both adults perform loud, rhythmic tapping. Softer sounds can be heard “kyak” or “rirrirrir”.ĭrumming can be long and the male drums more frequently. The alarm call is “kiyak”.ĭuring the breeding season, we can hear long series of more melodious notes “kweekweekweekwek-wik wik”. The flight call is a series of loud, piercing notes “prree-prree-prree-prree…” but it may also give softer “krük-krük-krük”. The Black Woodpecker’s territorial call is more metallic and higher-pitched than that of Eurasian Green Woodpecker “klee-klee-klee-klee…” or drawn-out “klee-eh” when perched. This one is blacker and has more glossy plumage. martius (here described and displayed) is found in N Palearctic in Europe, from Spain, France and Scandinavia, S to Balkans and N Turkey, and E across Asian taiga, to Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Japan, NE China and Korea, and also Caucasus and N Iran.ĭ.m. The eyes are often bluish-grey and the bill is paler with grey tip.ĭ.m. The red head patch is duller or paler with dark feather bases. The juvenile is duller than adults, more sooty-black with paler grey throat. As he ascends, the throaty, then sweet, call of the birds and the hollow hammering of their bills is all around him.The female is similar with less glossy plumage and reduced red head patch only present on the hindcrown. Hatami climbs upward, bells shivering and wind soughing through the treetops. Living in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, at the foot of a great mountain, his piece is more epic. Hatami says he has always been fascinated by the black woodpecker and its unique dining habits. One thing’s for sure: every release is this series is going to be worth the anticipation.'' - A Closer Listen '' The Black Woodpecker is a wonderful start to what promises to be another worthwhile series from this forward-thinking label. The first in the Birds of a Feather series, The Black Woodpecker proves to be an understated yet elegant beginning. A sense of place is established via the sounds of clumping footsteps that evoke the image of Hatami trudging through the setting and surrounded by a symphony of birdsong. Amidst an ambient background that suggests gentle surges of water, the nature sounds of crackle and pecking add a percussive dimension to the lulling flow that rises and falls alongside it. ![]() When I was asked to get involved in this project and pick a bird the first thing that came to my mind was woodpecker, it's my favorite bird, then later when I was asked to write about the reason I chose the woodpecker I thought: "Well, I love the bird and the woodpecking sound is one of the greatest sounds that can be heard in nature." I have always been fascinated by the sound of this amazing creature and it's weird nature of finding and eating food, so it was very easy pick!!Ī largely becalmed meditation on the Black Woodpecker, Hatami's eighteen-minute soundscape sets the stage during its opening third by presenting an enveloping mist of blurry thrum and sparkle before the first hints of bird chatter and woodpecking appear-perhaps Hatami's way of suggesting that one must plunge deeply into the setting and gradually become attuned to the subtleties of its realm. This is the first EP of Flaming Pines` "Birds of a Feather" series
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