#picus canus

Picus canus

Grey-headed woodpecker (picus canus).

Grey-headed Woodpecker

These woodpeckers are found in Eurasian forests, as well as rural and urban areas, from France east to Japan. They feed primarily on insects, including ants and termites, along with some fruits, seeds, nuts, and other foods. Laying their eggs between late April and early June, they excavate nesting cavities in trees, leaving wood chips as a lining. Females lay clutches of four to ten eggs.

So the watercolour animal series has died a little bit, but recently a friend commissioned a piece and I can never stand making just one. So in the end, this trio of intense looking woodpeckers came about! I really like them and I'm glad my favourite (the left one) was picked as the final commission haha. The others are still available. Left and right are European green woodpeckers, a species I'm very familiar with. Their laughing call, wonderfully named the 'yaffle call' fills the forests around here. In the middle a Grey-headed woodpecker, which is a sister species found further to the south and way to the east all across the Asian continent.

サンヨンとか欲しいなぁと思い始める今日この頃

Picus canus