Yes, that really is a weasel riding on the back of a green woodpecker!
To quote from the Daily Telegraph:
The remarkable shot was taken yesterday by
Martin Le-May while he was walking with his wife through Hornchurch
Country Park in Havering, London. The pair heard “distressed squawking” before witnessing the woodpecker’s “struggle for life” as the weasel clung to its back. ... The birdappeared to be “unnaturally
hopping about like it was treading on a hot surface” before it flew in
their direction. The colourful bird eventually landed about 25 metres from the couple.
At that point the weasel fell off the woodpecker, which flew into the trees.
At that point the weasel fell off the woodpecker, which flew into the trees.
1 comment:
I saw this photo on Facebook. What an incredible thing to see and even more incredible that they managed to photograph it! Really glad the woodpecker got away (I know, the natural order and things but I'm still glad ...)
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