Woodpecker problem ... don't judge me
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Somehow that rubber snake thing seems... Biblical.
meanwhile, be glad your peckers ain't pileateds. They take their pecking quite seriously.
Here's an example, just down the hill from us. For a sense of scale, that topmost, elliptical hole is about 14 inches high -- and ca. 6 inches deep.
It is also amazing to see how fast a pileated can excavate holes like these.
They aren't the type to go after houses, fortunately.
(pileated on sumac, out in the backyard a few weeks back)
We had trouble at our house in MA with woodpeckers (downy woodpeckers, in this case) going after some of the trim boards. We replaced 'em with PVC 'boards', which did solve the problem.
(just a random downy we espied down in VA last week, for illustrative purposes only)
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Those are kool woodpeckers ( pileated). Too bad they could never find their cousins down in Arkansas. Real bummer they have been erased from the earth.
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Those are kool woodpeckers ( pileated). Too bad they could never find their cousins down in Arkansas. Real bummer they have been erased from the earth.
Yup, the ivory-billed woodpecker.
Mrs. H went lookin' for 'em in Cuba a few years back (2017, give or take) with Massachusetts Audubon.
Well, they weren't specifically looking for ivory-bills, but I am sure they wouldn't have minded stumbling across one.
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Caught this guy in my front "yard" one day last spring.
As I approached him, he hardly cared. He stopped his pecking on the stump only long enough to give me the "evil eye," then promptly got back to business.
He was a brazen critter!Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.
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were you running?2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
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Cool! Great image.Moose68Bash wrote: »Caught this guy in my front "yard" one day last spring.
As I approached him, he hardly cared. He stopped his pecking on the stump only long enough to give me the "evil eye," then promptly got back to business.
He was a brazen critter!
That's a male - note the red streaks on the side of the head ('face') by the bill.
Also note that the red crest goes all the way down to the base of the bill.
The one in the photo I posted earlier's a female.
Note the lack of red streaks"behind" the bill (they're black on the female), and the black bit between the base of the bell and the red crest.
PS They are (can be) quite noisy, too!
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txcoastal1 wrote: »were you running?
Should have been.
Actually, I was walking up the driveway with our two-years-old grandson, who was absolutely fascinated with this bird. We approached slowly, and I took several photos and a couple of videos.Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.
Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One. -
We don't have the pretty woodpeckers ....they look like this female
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Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
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Aaaaa that's sooooo cute🥰
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Yeah till the keep drilling holes tennis to golf ball size in your house 2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
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Get a good pump sprayer and spray Fox Urine all over the house. Reapply after every rain
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I back to the woods. I hear them, but I don't see them.
No issues here. House is brick with vinyl trim."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
Gardenstater wrote: »Get a good pump sprayer and spray Fox Urine all over the house. Reapply after every rain
While that may appear to be a solution upon first inspection, there is a slight difficulty
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q24y66uLiXs Sal Palooza
