Mike Fields
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Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:10 pm Post subject:
Re: THE THANKSGIVING BIRD !!! |
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The neighbors really like it when they start their "drilling" on
a metal cover for a chimney etc. (it is a territory identification
thing). You can hear them for a couple of blocks when they
find something metal to "drum" -- people really enjoy than at
5am on Sunday mornings !!
mikey
"JohnR" <nospam@att.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | What is really cool is the sound they make while pecking. It sounds like a
short burst of machine gun fire, but with a hollow wooden sound.
John
"Mike Fields" <spam_me_not_mr.gadget2@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Actually, that particular one is one of the bigger ones (I see them
sometimes in the Seattle area). They do drill holes in dead trees
for nesting (or in my case, we have several Northern Flickers
(another member of the woodpecker family) that like the west
side of our house for some reason -- about 5 holes 2,5 inches
across in the side of the house (several neighbors have had that
problem too)). An interesting thing is to do some research
on the woodpeckers -- their head is specially constructed so
as to not totally whack their brain when they are pecking
(although with some, it may be too late ... ). They usually go
for bugs in the trees under the bark etc. and in many ways are
very useful -- now if they would just leave the side of my
house alone!!
mikey
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On 25 Nov 2004 15:36:38 GMT
annika1980@aol.com (Annika1980) wrote:
Not what you expected, but I just shot this guy in the front
yard of the Annika Estate.
http://www.pbase.com/image/36772438
Happy Holidays !!!
:o Wow! I've heard of woodpeckers, and loved woody woodpecker
cartoons, but have never really seen a decent picture of them.
(Being aussie and not getting them down here and all that...)
A) They are a lovely looking bird (And lovely photo!)
B) I Can't believe the amount of damage they are capable of
doing to a tree! They do that entirely with their beak? What's
it made of, Diamond plated titanium?! That's just incredible.
Why do they create holes like that? Is there bugs in there that
they eat? Nesting purposes? Just for the hell of it?
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Jer
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Fri Nov 26, 2004 11:15 pm Post subject:
Re: THE THANKSGIVING BIRD !!! |
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Mike Fields wrote:
| Quote: | "Jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
A friend in Colorado decided to offer them a better option than his
house - he built them several houses of their own, and two are still
under long term contracts.
whistling
"Don't worry... Be happy..."
/whistling
Well, actually we have tried that -- we have a flicker size (to the
specs according to the bird authorities) house in the tree. The
one flicker likes it and actually sleeps in it at night (I have an IR
video camera in the top for our entertainment -- silly things hang
themselves up on the wall sort of like a bat except right side up).
Seems to like the house, but that doesn't stop him from drilling
another hole in the side of the house (no, no termites in the walls).
They will also let the stupid starlings run them off in spite of the
fact they are considerably bigger than the starlings ... while we
like the flickers, we are less than impressed with their brain
power -- maybe their head is not as padded as the experts say
and it has drilled too many hard surfaces ??
mikey
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I have no idea what sizes my friend's bird condos are, and he also
curries favour from the local deer populace by cultivating extra
shrubbery to make certain there's enough to go around. And now that I
think about it, I can only imagine what a wood pecker sounds like on the
other side of a load-bearing wall. Yikes!
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