Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I heaar this sort of complaint with some regularity. DO NOT CURSE THE BIRD. Thank him. He is actually warning you about some insects which may be attacking your house. Our most common house threat here from the woodpeckers is when the pileateds want to dig out the carpenter bee larvae. They will also pursue termites and other pests. They will sometimes use an attrractive drum sound on your house, but this is a rapid drumming, not a digging irregular digging noise. ric carter > On Jan 3, 2021, at 11:00 AM, Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > I hate Northern Flickers. I have one that is trying to eat my wooden > cabin. We have put up > metal pans with eyes painted on them under the eaves to twist in the wind > to scare him off. > They don?t work. I have to go out in the wind and rain and throw rocks at > him. I am getting > my handyman to come by and go up a long ladder to spray the feeding area > with hot pepper > sauce - the stuff we use to keep the raccoons out of the garbage. The joys > of country living!? > Howard. > > pS: But they are a great set of photos. TFS. > > > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2021 08:27:40 +0530 > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com <mailto:jayanand at > gmail.com>> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at > leica-users.org>> > Cc: RicCarter <cartersxrd at gmail.com <mailto:cartersxrd at gmail.com>> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Birds week 45 > > The Northern Flicker set for me. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information