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Black woodpecker in grey by David Hackel & Michel Poinsignon

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Black woodpecker in grey
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Medium (40 x 50 cm), 40.0 x 50.0 cm
Size of image:
26.8 x 40.0 cm
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© BLACK WOODPECKER IN GREY © David Hackel & Michel Poinsignon (France) 2010

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Title:
Black woodpecker in grey
Artist:
David Hackel & Michel Poinsignon
Product code:
NATHIS215
Edition type:
Open edition
Publisher:
Natural History Museum - Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Copyright:
© BLACK WOODPECKER IN GREY © David Hackel & Michel Poinsignon (France) 2010

About

This beech tree, in an ancient forest in the Vosges mountains in eastern France, has been home to black woodpeckers for a number of years. When one nest-hole was abandoned two years ago, it was immediately occupied by Tengmalm's owls, who raised a brood of at least five chicks. But just 60cm (2 feet) below, the black woodpeckers nested in another hole, in which they successfully fledged three chicks. The following year, David and Michel erected a scaffolding hide 6 metres (20 feet) high on a slope facing the tree, on a level with the woodpecker nest-hole. They then set about documenting the birds' activities. One day, the rain was so unrelenting that a thick mist filled the forest. Though there was almost no visibility, the atmosphere of mystery it created resulted in their favourite picture of the whole period.

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