Very Sad

[maggiebee]

Have had a beautiful woodpecker visiting the nut feeder for weeks now. Today he flew into an upstairs window and broke his neck. Very sad, they are really beautiful birds.

[B00]

awww, poor little thing! What an awful way to go :-(

[tamborine]

It flew at its reflection in the glass

[askyourgran]

Oh that is sad, especially the lovely colourful ones. We have rotten magpies, raiding nests around here.

[hc4361]

We had to put nets in all of our south facing windows to stop the birds flying in to them.

[VHG]

We had a magpie catch and kill a baby woodpecker in our garden just a day or so back.

[boxtops]

Oh - that is tragic. How very sad.

[Chipchopper]

What a shame.
When you consider that their necks must take a heck of a hammering, with all the wood pecking they do.
It must have been flying at quite a speed for it to break its neck, it makes me wonder if it was being chased and looking for somewhere to hide

[boxtops]

Thankfully - it wouldn't have known much about it.

[maggiebee]

Have wrapped it in kitchen roll and put in the bin - sad end for such a beautiful bird.

[Old_Geezer]

:-( Foolish bird. Still I guess that is evolution in action. The individual is of no importance as long as the species change to instinctively not do that which risks premature death.

[maggiebee]

Think it was just a young bird as a much bigger one is back at the nut feeder today. Ah well, hope he takes care of himself!