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Gerard Gorman - Picidae
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Author WOODPECKERS OF THE WORLD, WOODPECKERS OF EUROPE, THE BLACK WOODPECKER, THE GREEN WOODPECKER, THE WRYNECK, THE PIED WOODPECKERS.
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · 3d
The Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) is Europe's only truly migratory woodpecker species. They are on the move right now
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · 5d
And here is another sample page from my new book THE PIED WOODPECKERS (to be which will be published in February 2026: pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · 6d
Not at the moment. But what would you like to be up-dated in it? It is perfect isn't it? 😇
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · 6d
Here is another sample page from my forthcoming book THE PIED WOODPECKERS. Due out February 2026.
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · 8d
Thank you!
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · 8d
Merci!
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · 8d
Some sample pages from my forthcoming book THE PIED WOODPECKERS. Due February 2026. What do you think?
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Sep 9
Good stuff buddy...
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Sep 9
Publication will now be in February 2026... not my "fault", I was on time.
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Sep 9
Too much coffee?
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Sep 9
Will they be better?
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Sep 9
Have never seen that. But nothing surprises me anymore.
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Jul 23
A young male Greater Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus). In the Czech Republic a few days ago. What impressive animals they are!
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Jul 4
ALL OF THEM ? Köszönöm 😇
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Jul 4
Oh, sorry, let's talk about fuckin, friggin, fecking, funny, English then...
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Jul 4
I know Hungarian and you are either joking or a lingustic nationalist... maybe both. Or neither...
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Jul 4
Correct.... and chess... sort of
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Jul 4
Morning mate. You really need to get better mugs. I suggest with woodpeckers on.
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · Jul 4
Update. I'm now going through the 2nd proofs, with photos added, of THE PIED WOODPECKERS. We are on schedule for publication this November.
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · May 25
European Bison. Poland, a few days ago.
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · May 15
Yes buddy, corvids are clever. In the streets near me, in Buda, you know where, for years I've seen Hooded Crows dropping walnuts from wires to the road so the shells get smashed and then they fly down to eat the contents
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · May 15
thank you, gracias, merci...
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · May 14
And the gardens there have several woodpeckers, and "black coloured" Red Squirrels!
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · May 14
Here you go! Coming this November... pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...
The Pied Woodpeckers
A resonant hammering from the canopy, a flicker of black and white with a flash of red: surely the archetypal image of a woodpecker? This book describes the natural history of five European species, t...
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Gerard Gorman - Picidae @woodpeckers-gerard.bsky.social · May 6
Another thing for my collection of woodpecker "stuff". This is now the best beermat I have.
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