I'm working away in the house when all of a sudden I hear what sounds like a brief blip from a machine gun. After a minute or so, brrrrrap, there it is again.
I get up and walk around the house to locate the sound. Braaaap! It's coming from the stove, or sort of. The stove is out, but the noise repeats. WTH?
Then a lightbulb goes off in my head. Mating season is here and I have either a flicker, woodpecker or sapsucker that is using our stove cap as a calling card. I went out to take a picture, but no luck so far. He is probably off nursing a bent beak and a headache. Hopefully it's a flicker. We have a new nesting box setup for them.
I get up and walk around the house to locate the sound. Braaaap! It's coming from the stove, or sort of. The stove is out, but the noise repeats. WTH?
Then a lightbulb goes off in my head. Mating season is here and I have either a flicker, woodpecker or sapsucker that is using our stove cap as a calling card. I went out to take a picture, but no luck so far. He is probably off nursing a bent beak and a headache. Hopefully it's a flicker. We have a new nesting box setup for them.