@Nabuquduriuzhur -The drumming (jackhammer) is a mating thing. It’s to impress the “ladies” and call to them, showing their talents according to one of my bird books. It would also explain why it’s a periodic thing, and not constant.
The first time I heard it reverberating through my new home, I thought I was under attack!
We’ve had to have our big metal streetlight replaced twice through the years because of a ladderback woodpecker. It makes such a lovely racket when he pecks it!
Some years back there was a woodpecker hammering away on a transformer a power pole up the street. After about 5 minutes of this the transformer got mad and exploded. I sound like a bomb when it went off. I went up to where it happened after the power company replaced the transformer and found the chard remains of the bird.
Swalb%515 almost 11 years ago
Mr. Blackmail, indeed!
johnt204 almost 11 years ago
Ironwood?
ratlum almost 11 years ago
Make sure you charge that battery.
johnt204 almost 11 years ago
Petrified wood doesn’t usually grow leaves (second panel).
WCLamb almost 11 years ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur -The drumming (jackhammer) is a mating thing. It’s to impress the “ladies” and call to them, showing their talents according to one of my bird books. It would also explain why it’s a periodic thing, and not constant.
The first time I heard it reverberating through my new home, I thought I was under attack!
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs almost 11 years ago
whatever it takes to do the job
milania almost 11 years ago
HA HA HA HA OMG! I love it. Always wondered how they didn’t get headaches!
sbwertz almost 11 years ago
We’ve had to have our big metal streetlight replaced twice through the years because of a ladderback woodpecker. It makes such a lovely racket when he pecks it!
jtviper7 almost 11 years ago
Poor guy looks like he broke his pecker.
goweeder almost 11 years ago
I always thought that woodpeckers pecked at a tree to get to insects. You learn something new every day.
Karaboo2 almost 11 years ago
The cordless hole saw made by Black & Pecker.
dflak almost 11 years ago
I always wondered why woodpeckers don’t get concussions. It ain’t natural for any animal to bang its head into a tree repeatedly.
Worse off than a woodpecker with a hangover.
ms-ss almost 11 years ago
I’m not sure why squirrels gnaw at the garage door frame either, but they sure do. It’s not wood, but a fiber-cement composition.
brklnbern almost 11 years ago
Must have wandered into the Petrified Forest.
fixer1967 almost 11 years ago
Some years back there was a woodpecker hammering away on a transformer a power pole up the street. After about 5 minutes of this the transformer got mad and exploded. I sound like a bomb when it went off. I went up to where it happened after the power company replaced the transformer and found the chard remains of the bird.
Celad almost 11 years ago
Maybe that should be, “…I’ll peck you a tonsillectomy!”