Banded Woodpecker Raids Ant’s Nest

9th February 2014, Kemensah, Selangor

Species: Banded Woodpecker Local Name: Belatuk Merah Scientific Name: Picus miniaceus Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor 400 f2.8 AFS-VR + TC2.0IIIE     The ants wouldn’t go down without a fight.

Banded Woodpeckers

9th March 2012, Ayer Itam Dalam, Pulau Pinang

Local Name: Belatuk Merah Scientific Name: Picus miniaceus

Banded Woodpecker

26th September 2010, Kemensah, Selangor

The tree trunk looks  too green and fresh  for this female bird to be pecking for insect larvae but then again I’m not a Woodpecker!. I guess she knows what she’s doing.

Welcome To Holeywood: Banded Woodpecker

10th April 2010, Kemensah, Selangor

A Banded Woodpecker  inspecting  the freshly dug hole in the tree

Jack hammer: Bamboo Woodpecker

23rd January 2010,  Kemensah, Selangor

Another lifer on the new trail, a Bamboo Woodpecker (Gecinulus viridis). I wonder whether they suffer from headaches after a day  of hammering .

Banded Woody- Not the Banded We’re after.

26 July 2009, Kemensah, Selangor

We were taking a 5 minute breather after the climb to the top of Kemensah  when this pair of Banded Woodpeckers (Chrysophlegma mineaceus) landed on a nearby tree.  Tabib came searching for  a different ‘Banded’- the  Banded Kingfisher but no luck.

The female on the left and male , right.

Holy Water- you dont get this just anywhere!

20 June 2009, Bukit Rengit, Pahang.

Saw this male Banded Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma mineaceus) inspecting a hole in a tree. I thought maybe I’ll get lucky and get some shots of this bird in front of the nesting hole. Upon further observation, the hole looked kind of strange because it was facing upwards! He was in fact inspecting a heart-shaped jacuzzi- the hole was full of water that had collected and he didn’t waste anytime stepping in.

1. Aaaaaaahhhh, Nothing like a nice cool bath on a hot day

2. Lal lalal lalaaaaa 4. A good shake.

3. Grrrrr 5. And we’re done