Poland: Woodpecker confuses animal control officer with tree

POLAND -- An animal control department in Poland shared video of an officer's encounter with a wily woodpecker that appeared to confuse the man for a tree.

The Lodz Animal Patrol posted a video to Facebook showing the woodpecker, dubbed Waclaw, climbing on an officer and pecking at the back of his neck.

  

The officer and his colleagues laugh as the apparently confused bird pecks away at the collar of his shirt.

The Animal Patrol said Waclaw was rescued as a baby in June after he fell out of his nest.

The bird spent around three weeks at the center before it was released to the wild, but officials said he still makes regular visits to the facility for food.

 

 

(UPI - Oct 20, 2016)