Today on video, I captured one of the reasons why I prefer to leave the dead trees standing and use them for firewood only after they have fallen on their own:
cozy heat said:I guess in the tree he is OK. I had one take a liking to my flue cap several years ago. About 7:30 in the morning I was jolted out of bed by a metallic jack hammering "B-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-Ring......B-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-Ring" He hammered away on that cap for hours - doubt he found anything to eat! I was later told this is the mating call and the louder the better. This guy must have thought he was a stallion!
Ha! I like 'em. I leave them plenty of dead trees to play with, so they leave my house alone. The ones I have trouble with on the house are the white-breasted nuthatches. They peck at my asphalt shingles.Astrolopitec said:Whoooah there!
That's three confirmed attacks to private property!
BLAM, BLAM, BLAM with the little monsters...
After all. They are just rats with punk hairdos :lol:
I thought it was a woody wood pecker! HA HA HAsavageactor7 said:Pretty sure that's a Pileated Woodpecker...beautiful.
So cool! I have never had one of them come to my feeder. Have had them come to the water though.~*~Kathleen~*~ said:Love it! Woodpeckers are called a keystone species because so many other animals rely on the nest cavities they create.
My porch. I've since upgraded to a feeder with tail support.
Awesome!mtcates said:Here is a picture where I had three Pileated Woodpeckers in one photo. There were 4 in my yard but I could only get 3 in the picture. Magnificent birds!
quads said:Today on video, I captured one of the reasons why I prefer to leave the dead trees standing and use them for firewood only after they have fallen on their own:
It's all around me, but it never floods within miles of my place. Too much sand and the nearest water to my house is a few miles away. We rarely even get puddles when it rains. I was over by La Crosse on Saturday and there was a lot of water there. Hwy 35 was just about ready to go under. Necedah was also bad, and got worse Sunday, or so I heard. Portage is keeping their fingers crossed that one of the old levees, which is about to break, holds until the water goes down. If you draw a straight line between Necedah and Portage, I'm about halfway between the two.zapny said:Quads nice video, on the weather front are you staying dry. I see Portage Wisconsin had some bad flooding.
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