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LC Five Star Member
Number of posts : 5044 Registration date : 2009-03-28
| Subject: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:11 pm | |
| When inventorying all the wood rot that needs to be fixed, I saw this! I remember hearing that woodpecker this past winter. Had I known what damage was being done, I would have shot it, and not with a camera. |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:16 pm | |
| Colour me stupid, but where's the damage? |
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LC Five Star Member
Number of posts : 5044 Registration date : 2009-03-28
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:23 pm | |
| All the holes on the left side, and in the upper LH corner of the window. |
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joefrank Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8210 Registration date : 2008-11-04 Age : 75 Location : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:39 pm | |
| 3/26/2010 LC... Maybe if you give Woody Woodpecker some food, he'll be happy and leave your house alone... Cheers...Joe |
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LC Five Star Member
Number of posts : 5044 Registration date : 2009-03-28
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:23 pm | |
| Repaired and painted! Is that your house? |
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LC Five Star Member
Number of posts : 5044 Registration date : 2009-03-28
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:46 pm | |
| Well, you did a fabulous job! Do you still own it? |
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LC Five Star Member
Number of posts : 5044 Registration date : 2009-03-28
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:04 pm | |
| I'm not sure how we segued from woodpeckers to the blogger to publish america, but whatever. |
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joefrank Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8210 Registration date : 2008-11-04 Age : 75 Location : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:44 am | |
| 3/27/2010 Shelagh.. You have a beautiful home. What kind of gardens do you have ? ( Plants ?) Cheers.. Joe |
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helma
Number of posts : 17 Registration date : 2010-05-21
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:23 pm | |
| It's the trees, I'm sure of it. I'm starting to think my dh is right about trees being not so great... and we're just a couple of houses away from significant greenbelt and untouched land. The bonus is the deer still come through the neighborhood... to eat all the flowers lol. __________________________________
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dkchristi Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8594 Registration date : 2008-12-29 Location : Florida
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:03 am | |
| My sister-in-law had a beautiful garden surrounded by a decorative little white fence and an arbor to enter. She grew flowers and vegetables.
Until the day she was confronted by a buck that appeared ready to attack. His family members were dining away in the garden.
That year, she gave up the garden to the local deer who now come on a regular basis, bringing their friends and relatives, to dine on the volunteers that continue to grow.
She's decided that she has a deer preserve instead of a garden; it's much more entertaining and a whole lot less work.
In the winter, she's added a feeding station. The deer are practically within touching distance from her kitchen door and go about their business oblivious to how close she is.
My mother's battle is with the rabbits. She encloses all her tender shrubs in metal nets until they are strong enough to survive the onslaught to the tender shoots at rabbit height. Her shrubs are all naked for about a foot before they spread out in safety.
I miss all those wonderful animals. The woods behind my house was converted to a gated community around a hole they call a lake with a fountain spewing out of it. When the destruction first began, dazed ghopher turtles and lost snakes were wandering our street. I used to love the lonely night whooo of the owls who are long gone. |
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Carol Troestler Five Star Member
Number of posts : 3827 Registration date : 2008-06-07 Age : 86 Location : Wisconsin
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:19 am | |
| Our cabin is surrounded by wildlife. Wildflowers do quite well, but forget tulips and daffodils. We have pileated woodpeckers who put deep holes in old trees until they are hollow and fall to the ground. The chipmunks are fun to watch and the deer come and watch us. Squirrels are abundant.
I love these creatures.
In my tiny backyard of our new condo there are a group of birds, black with white stomachs. They are there all day long and I love to watch them. The squirrels climb along the fence that separates us from the yard in back of us. This is an old part of town and in front is a gorgeous old oak tree, thus the name of the development being Risley Oaks. In back there is an equally gorgeous old oak tree.
All these creatures and wildlife keep me sane. I love them all.
Carol |
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dkchristi Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8594 Registration date : 2008-12-29 Location : Florida
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:42 am | |
| Back to the woodpeckers. I used to visit my mother in Michigan every spring. Promptly at 7:30 a.m. a woodpecker who must have been confused would begin his ritual pecking on her rooftop television antenna. By the end of summer, the bird was gone and the ritual ended. Strange as can be, this was repeated yearly until one year, our friend no longer came to wake us up in the morning. Mother and I were actually sad.
I have a woodpecker who is pecking on my roof - I haven't dared look..... |
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LC Five Star Member
Number of posts : 5044 Registration date : 2009-03-28
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:46 am | |
| Well, when the rain comes through the roof hole, you'll know the bird did its job. They do amazing damage. We had to replace two exterior wall panels and some brick molding just for that one bird. |
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dkchristi Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8594 Registration date : 2008-12-29 Location : Florida
| Subject: Re: Freakin Woodpeckers Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:09 pm | |
| Yikes! The only wood on my house is under the tar roof; the walls are cinder block (CBS construction for hurricane strength) with stucco. The eves are metal. The roof is 1987 - so, there may surely be a bug or two up there for the woodpeckers to go after.
My brother just shot six chipmunks (out of dozens that are attacking the soil under his house and porch, causing the porch to sink so far). I was furious. He said it was more humane to shoot them than to poison them. Since he's not a gun person, that may be true; but I hate to harm any living thing. He built his house on five acres of woods; the chipmunks are probably looking for their burried nuts under his house .... |
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