this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2024

163 points (100.0% liked)

pics

19580 readers

124 users here now

Rules:

1.. Please mark original photos with [OC] in the title if you're the photographer

2..Pictures containing a politician from any country or planet are prohibited, this is a community voted on rule.

3.. Image must be a photograph, no AI or digital art.

4.. No NSFW/Cosplay/Spam/Trolling images.

5.. Be civil. No racism or bigotry.

Photo of the Week Rule(s):

1.. On Fridays, the most upvoted original, marked [OC], photo posted between Friday and Thursday will be the next week's banner and featured photo.

2.. The weekly photos will be saved for an end of the year run off.

Instance-wide rules always apply. https://mastodon.world/about

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

netburnr@lemmy.world

Alchemy@lemmy.world

Alchemy@feddit.ro

Theprogressivist@lemmy.world

pwalker@discuss.tchncs.de

163

Woody Woodpecker, Vancouver Island (lemmy.ca)

submitted 8 months ago by rab@lemmy.ca to c/pics@lemmy.world

15 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I believe woody woodpecker was actually a woodland woodpecker. This is a pilleated woodpecker.

Woodland woodpeckers have more white on their wings and back and are also very rare now. Their range is much more southern too, Midwestern and southern US.

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, Wiki says Woody is modeled after this, perhaps its incorrect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pileated_woodpecker?wprov=sfla1

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Woody shares many characteristics in common with the pileated woodpecker in terms of both physical appearance as well as his characteristic laugh, which resembles the call of the pileated woodpecker. These similarities are the result of the artistic license of the creators and have caused much confusion within the birding community among those who have attempted to classify Woody's species.

Interesting, I guess maybe I just thought that because his character design has white on his body.