Nothing really to add, but a funny story bout those peckerheads. When we bought our house a flicker came a banging on our exhaust vent on the top of the house. It sounded like a jackhammer and drove us and particularly our dog crazy. My neighbor across the street was the lead ornithologist at our local university. So I boldly go ask him what I can do to stop them from doing that? He told me that that was the
#1 question at the Cornell Ornithology Hotline when he was there. Their standard reply was "move". I guess like Garro said a piece of metal really makes their day. Telling the world how manley he is. Here they only do that behavior in the Spring to attract women. On the morning dog walk today I noticed one banging away on the good doctors vent and had a good laugh. Count your blessings you don't have a pileated woodpecker problem. Those big suckers can do some serious structural damage to your trees.
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