{"id":1267,"date":"2025-06-07T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:42:00","slug":"the-provider-at-the-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/?p=1267","title":{"rendered":"The Provider at the Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"37\" data-end=\"351\">Amidst the deep folds of bark, a familiar rhythm echoes through the forest &#8211; the staccato drumming of a great spotted woodpecker. With remarkable precision, this adult male returns to his nesting cavity, a squirming larva held delicately in his beak. His red crown gleams against the bark, a vivid badge of identity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"659\">This is <em data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"380\">Dendrocopos major<\/em>, a tireless guardian and provider. Hidden within the hollow lie his hungry chicks, whose soft calls guide him home. Each trip brings fresh nourishment, a vital link in the chain of survival. In the ancient language of trees and wings, he plays his part with unwavering devotion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"805\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><em data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"680\">Dendrocopos major<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst the deep folds of bark, a familiar rhythm echoes through the forest &#8211; the staccato drumming of a great spotted woodpecker. With remarkable precision,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action","category-portrait","post_format-post-format-image"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2494-Enhanced-NR-scaled.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1268,"href":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267\/revisions\/1268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lensbymatthi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}