I saw this on FaceBook, and had to share :
On Monday, birder Jason Ward tweeted out this crazy photo by east London hobby photographer Martin Le-May of a weasel "hitching a ride" on what appears to be a European green woodpecker, and the bird doesn't look too happy about it:
ABSOLUTLEY INCREDIBLE photo by Martin Le-May. Green Woodpecker and Weasel. Apparently the Woodpecker escaped. pic.twitter.com/PUt1b2Mbhs
Jason Ward (@Jayward7) March 2, 2015
If you've heard of the term fight or flight, this is a rare case of fight and flight.
The weasel wasn't really riding the bird but trying to eat it.
Weasels are notorious nest robbers. And it looks as if Le-May got the perfect shot following a confrontation between a weasel and the woodpecker. Here's another photo that Le-May took:
Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/photo-of-weasel-attacking-a-woodpecker-2015-3#ixzz3TLnKDPrM
Weasel riding a Woodpecker
JerR
Loc: Pittsburgh
I saw this on the news last night. Very interesting.
Fly to 1000 feet and say "here is where you get off".
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