SylvanLakeWH 25,547 #1 Posted May 16 This bird has been doing this for the last week or so as I arrive for work... pecking away at a solid metal pole... never making a dent... turn up the volume for the full effect... reminds me of a typical work day, work week, career... IMG_2878.mov 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,445 #2 Posted May 16 On the plus side... Banging your head against a metal pole is probably a great stress reliever! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darb1964 1,042 #3 Posted May 16 Woodpecker / sapsucker, he's probably getting bugs that are under the metal. They take the bugs and dip them in sap and feed them to their young. They make those hole grip patterns on trees to get the sap and they can end up killing the tree. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,838 #5 Posted May 16 I mean, he could be keeping his nose to the grindstone, but at least he has a good view! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 7,305 #6 Posted May 16 It's a mating call and he is trying to find a girlfriend. I had one, some years ago, that worked on my rain gutter. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,568 #7 Posted May 16 4 minutes ago, lynnmor said: It's a mating call and he is trying to find a girlfriend. I had one, some years ago, that worked on my rain gutter. The bird or the girlfriend ??? Sorry had to ask. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,445 #8 Posted May 16 12 minutes ago, lynnmor said: It's a mating call and he is trying to find a girlfriend. I had one, some years ago, that worked on my rain gutter. 7 minutes ago, Achto said: The bird or the girlfriend ??? Sorry had to ask. Legitimate question 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,154 #9 Posted May 16 Here we go...woodpecker, girlfriend, gutter.. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,197 #10 Posted May 16 He is just lookin for LOVE. Several years ago our power went out, turns out a large pileated woodpecker who had been tapping on the transformer for several days managed to shorty out the high voltage line and blew the fuse on the transformer. Never knew what hit him, gota to be careful where ya go lookin for love. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,547 #11 Posted June 10 Now the chickens are invading my office... Sandhill bachelors who missed out on a Love connection this year... 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,154 #12 Posted June 10 11 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Sandhill bachelors Taste like chickin ? 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,445 #13 Posted June 10 3 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said: Taste like chickin ? I was thinking similar... Can ya eat em?? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 7,305 #14 Posted June 10 15 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Now the chickens are invading my office... Many years ago we took our 3 kids to a zoo like display of exotic birds where we could walk in the fly cages to see them up close. Our brats pointed out various birds calling them chickens. Other kids overheard the chicken comments and told their parents about the birds being called chickens, they really thought we were that dumb. To this day, every two legged feathered creature is called a chicken in our family. I wonder if hawks taste like chicken, we are overrun with the miserable squawking things. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,547 #15 Posted June 10 54 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said: Taste like chickin ? 50 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: I was thinking similar... Can ya eat em?? Nope... Protected species by the Gubment of the united nations... same as gophers... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,197 #16 Posted June 10 When I was living in Florida those suicidal sandhill cranes would stand motionless at the roadside looking like a mailbox until you got fifty feet away and then slowly walk out into the road. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
