This is a woodpecker with a black-rumped flame back, commonly seen climbing up coconut trees singly or along with its pair. It works up stems in jerky spurts, directly or in spirals, occasionally moving downward. Tis one is a regal visitor to our garden.
I have watched it tapping on the trunk and chiseling away parts of the bark to find insects or wood beetles hiding in the crane. It feeds on black ants, pulp of ripe fruit and flower nectar.
The flame-back appearance with its reddish maroon glaze stands out! Some birds have a decorative cat and that is what make the photographers to look for them.
As they nest on the hollow of a trunk, I am looking out to find a rest.
As I watch the wood peckers, what beholds me to them is their ritualistic daily rhythm !
The woodpecker comes to the same place around the same time in the morning and evening almost everyday and follows the same routine of climbing the coconut tree spirally!
I fail to have a regularly set routine ! Birds teach us a lot!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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