Woodpecker feeds baby sparrrow

[annie]

This is the adorable moment a generous woodpecker turns surrogate mother to share its food with a tiny sparrow whose mother had flown off leaving it cheeping in distress.
Spotted in the back garden of photographer Ekaterina Lashkova, 40, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the two species were snapped happily feeding their offspring, side-by-side.
But in a bizarre turn of events the woodpecker decided there was plenty of food to go around and is seen placing nuts and seed inside the beak of a baby sparrow.


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[wendy]

Nature is wonderful.
Thank you so much