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   MisterT | Apr 03, 2002 02:07pm | #1

   Most likely you don't have the proper amount of soffit ventilation.

   This was probably an educated Woodpecker taking it on himself to ensure proper air flow. if he shows up with some ridge vent and a tear-off tool, he probably will not try to put in gable vents.

   Make sure he uses the right color shingles though, Woodpeckers are notoriously color blind.

   Fortunately they don't understand the fee for service thing, so you won't get a bill for all his hard work.

   T

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   luvmuskoka | Apr 03, 2002 02:26pm | #2

   "T"

   Thanks for the BOGUS advice!! You don't know woodpeckers from a hole in the .... He just showed up with 3 helpers. 2 are hung over and the other just walks around drinking coffee and smoking Marlboros and spitting the butts out on the ground! As far as not knowing how to bill....he must be doing ok as his transport is an antique Stratoliner with his logo painted on the side.     PECK HER HOME IMPROVEMENTS

    

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   Gabe | Apr 03, 2002 03:44pm | #3

   Woodpeckers make the holes first and then return when the bugs have made their home there.

   Did you know that there's one species of common woodpecker that is 16 inches high and another rare species that is 18 "?

   Gabe

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   jimblodgett | Apr 03, 2002 04:53pm | #4

   If he comes back show him the business end of a 20 guage.

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   observer | Apr 03, 2002 08:32pm | #5

   Don't worry, hes not hungry.

   Part of spring behavior is calling territory and mates. Peckers find a good resonant surface to do this, could be a hollow tree, a house or whatever else works the best. Sounds like your soffit 'drum' is a prize find - you got a smart bird there! You may end up with surface damage, but not likely a hole.

   When the birds are excavating to get at existing bug colonies, the sound is a steady "kachunk.......kachunk........kachunk". When they are calling, it's more like a fast drum roll.

   Sapsuckers farm, but to the best of my knowledge, peckers look for pre-existing colonies.

   
   

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   Edited 4/3/2002 1:37:01 PM ET by Dick

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   r_ignacki | Apr 04, 2002 01:49am | #6

   Hey, I got me a wood pecker.

     

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   observer | Apr 04, 2002 08:13am | #7

   Carve it yourself?

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   luvmuskoka | Apr 04, 2002 02:06pm | #8

   Dick, Gabe,

   Thanks a lot, that explains things. It is a steady fast cadence. I was getting ready to perform surgery to see what was in there. Gabe, I showed my wife your post about the length of some Wood Peckers. She said she don't care about 18" birds but he's gonna be 6 feet under if he keeps wakin' her up in the mornin'.

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   Gabe | Apr 04, 2002 02:21pm | #9

   Actually I was pulling your chain a little when I said they poked holes to catch catch bugs. The part about the size of some of these birds was true of course. The thing about woodpeckers is that they are extremely beneficial to man. The number of bugs that attack wood that these little guys eat is incrediable. It's possible for a pair to have a dozen eggs in a brood but they are a nervous little bird and shy away from people a lot, prefering deeeep wooods. However some people love to put out feeders for the little guys and they became quiet attached to suburbian life.

   I guess any bird can be a nuisance, regardless of species. In the summer, the sound of a dove or two outside my window at 5 am cooing it's damn head off will have me reaching for a gun. Nice bird to have around but mother nature should have made it mute.

   Have fun with your little alarm clock

   Gabe