Today as I was wandering around the neighborhood with my pup, we heard a knocking sound. As we got closer to the sound we both stopped and looked around. Up on the side of this quite large, modern house was a red-headed woodpecker. Eating the house! There was a good size hole already, as if he'd been at it for a while.
knock knock. knock knock knock. Several feet around the hole looked like they had been painted over (had other woodpeckers tried this before?).
While I'm on the subject, is there anything better than a straightforward name like Woodpecker? It's like pancake, curling iron, and light bulb.
We watched for a minute, quite distracted from our mailbox marking and grass sniffing. I'm now wondering: is this common? Do people have to protect their homes from woodpecker infestations? It doesn't sound tasty, but perhaps paint chips mixed with just the right amount of siding and a hint of formaldehyde is a delicacy to the woodpecker.
Or, was he helping? Maybe the woodpecker was hard at work on their termite problem! Maybe they should quit their whining and just paint over the holes gratefully.
I like your blog!...Daniel
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