Woodpecker -I

Woodpecker ('Kaththokra' in Bengali). Is that a black rumped flame back woodpecker? This woodpecker is almost camouflaged with the date tree. It came here to suck the delicious juice ('khejurer ros') coming out of the tree. The date trees are specially cut in order to extract juice in winter. The juice is then boiled to make tasty molasses. I think all the birds I found over there liked this juice so much!

Photo: Abhijit Kar Gupta, Kolkata

Location: Ruppur (a village around 70 km from Kolkata)