02:01So, hello again my friends.
02:03I hope you are all well.
02:05I've come down this morning to the little forest that I came to quite a few weeks ago now,
02:12at the start of spring, looking for woodpeckers.
02:18And I've come down again today to see if the grey-headed woodpecker that I had spotted then by a
02:23hole...
02:25Sorry, is something flying in?
02:27No.
02:29Yeah, to see if the grey-headed woodpecker that I had spotted back then had actually nested and produced chicks.
02:39So, I've found the same tree and I haven't got a good view of the hole that he was at
02:47then, or she.
02:49But there's a hole further down the tree that looks like there's movement inside.
02:56So, without being sure, there's either one or two chicks, I think, inside.
03:02I can see a little bit of movement.
03:05I think I can see a little tongue sticking in it.
03:07Hold on.
03:13It looks like...
03:15Oh, there's one chick for sure.
03:21Just sticking its little beak out and sticking its tongue out as well.
03:26So, I haven't seen the parent yet, so I'm going to hang around and see if I can get a
03:32shot of the parent arriving,
03:34and then feeding, and then leaving, so that I can cut a little sequence together.
03:40I'm about 50 metres away, I guess, so hopefully I won't be disturbing the parents from coming to and from
03:52the nest.
03:56A little bit too far for a still, though I will try taking some and see what I can get,
04:02and see how much of a crop I can get away with.
04:06So, yeah, I'm going to hang around here for a little bit,
04:10and hopefully I'll get those shots, and then I'll take another walk through the woods here,
04:14and see what else is around.
04:17So, I'll catch up with you in a little while.
04:46I'll catch you in a little while.
04:49Okay, so the parent has just flown in,
04:52and there are two chicks,
04:54both sticking their head out.
04:56One is significantly larger than the other,
04:58so he's probably been born first and getting a better feed than the second.
05:04I'm not sure how it works with the woodpeckers in terms of the chick survival.
05:12They both seem to be getting a feed, though.
05:17I'm really happy with this.
05:30It's absolutely wonderful.
05:33I'm a little bit too far away for the stills,
05:36so I'm going to have to crop into them quite a bit,
05:38and I hope I'm able to hold steady enough on these shots so that it'll be sharp,
05:46because it's really dark under the tree canopy there by the nest,
05:50and I'm on 3,200 ISO,
05:57which is fine for the video,
05:59but for the stills,
06:08it's giving me two hundredths of a second.
06:12Are she still there, the mother, or the father?
06:14I can't tell if it's male, if you know.
06:19And the chicks are begging for more.
06:29Fantastic.
06:39Just having a look around.
06:43So at least I'm not disturbing, which is a good thing.
06:47Otherwise the parent wouldn't have come back at all.
06:53She'll probably wait for me to go before giving up the location of her nest.
07:07That's fine.
07:18Wonderful.
07:29And the baby's still sticking his head out of the hole.
07:34One of the, the larger of the two.
07:46I'm getting eaten alive by the mozzies here at the minute.
08:00Okay, so I think I've got the shot that I wanted.
08:05I'll check and make sure that I've got the still that I wanted as well.
08:10And if I have, then I'll move on and see what else I can find in the woods here.
08:17Hopefully more woodpeckers.
08:19I've seen four or five different varieties of woodpeckers in these woods before.
08:26So with any luck, we'll find some more.
08:29So I'll catch up with you in a bit.
08:43So we'll see you in the middle of the vehicle.
08:44We'll see you then.
08:46Once again, just a 103 in putty sz board out.
08:48Because the two of these are in the Surprise B.
08:49And thevilpeckers are in the north.
08:50And I'll see you in the middle of the 10s in the bridge.
08:53So I'll get you.
08:54Hey, Ruth.
08:55I'll be I'll be you tonight.
09:23I'm just down by the water here.
09:28There's lots of dragonflies and stamperflies, so I'm going to see if I can get some shots
09:36of them.
09:37They're absolutely stunning, beautiful colours, and I can hear a woodworker falling from somewhere
09:46over there as well, so I'm going to hang here for a little bit and see what I can find.
10:02I'm going to hang here for a little bit and see what I can find.
10:12I'm going to hang here for a little bit and see what I can find.
10:36I'm going to hang here for a little bit and see what I can find.
10:39I'm going to hang here for a little bit and see what I can find.
11:10Okay, so that was a little bit of fun, trying to film and get a few shots with the lens
11:19that's way too long, of the little damselflies.
11:23Oh, almost stepped on a tortoise.
11:27Hiding them here.
11:28Let me just give you a quick look at him.
11:45In amongst all the undergrowth there.
11:48So, this is so overgrown now compared to the last time I was here.
11:54I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to make it through, but we shall see.
11:59It's a bit of a jungle.
12:01And there's loads of sting nets.
12:04Ow.
12:06Okay, so I'm going to try and walk through the forest here a little bit to see if I might
12:14find any more nesting holes that are being used.
12:23So, bear with me whilst I struggle through this mess here and try and find something.
12:37Okay, back with you in a bit.
12:38Hey.
12:42Hey.
12:46Hey!
13:12Okay, so I walked myself out of the woods
13:17through the overgrown nettles and managed to get stung
13:24and provide a good feed for the little bloodsuckers
13:31and all I did was hear lots of birds but not actually see them
13:36so I'll come back up onto the embankment
13:40and I'll give it another half hour or so here
13:42see if I can spot anything. There's a couple of holes in the trees here
13:46that I might stick around and see if anything comes back to them
13:51they don't look like they're in use though to be honest
13:57but I'll hang around here nevertheless
14:00and then head back
14:03so just a short one this week
14:07I hope you've enjoyed watching it such as it is
14:09if I do see anything else I will bring it to you in a moment
14:14but until next time thanks again for watching
14:17and I'll see you then see you
14:18thank you