Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, he was on testosterone overdrive. The drumming is all about sex and territory. Metal on wood is often more than a male woodpecker can resist. It just makes him sound SO DAMN sexy;^) My hair-tearer here now is an unpaired mockingbird who sings in my yard literally all night long. If there were mockingbird hookers here, I'd pay to entertain him. Still, that's not as bad as the whippoorwill who lived in my yard 35 years ago -- absolutely maddening! Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ On Oct 10, 2008, at 4:15 PM, Didier Ludwig wrote: > a woodpecker in the neighbourhood that was likely more on > amphetamine than LSD. This guy used to peck like mad on the top of a > wooden pylon - but that top was covered with metal and the hammering > noise could awake a dead!