Rapping Woodpeckers

[Guest guest]

One morning, a while back, I was rousted from my post Sadhana nap by a

loud, rapid fire metallic sound. It came and went sorta quickly. I

couldn't really tell what was going on. The rhythm was somewhat

familiar, though, but I was hesitant to draw any conclusions.

And then, a few weeks later it happened again.....and at the same time,

right after Sadhana. This time I laid there listening for a couple of

minutes and I was finally able to make some sense of this weird

occurrence. I was able to hear "his" nails maneuvering up and down the

metal. That's what stood out.

 

It was a woodpecker whacking away on the metal downspout outside my window.

I recorded this using my home.

If you listen careful you can hear his nails yourself.

I just called my home number, held the phone outside the slightly ajar

window, and the bird left a message for myself.

Check it out yourself.

http://church-mouse.com/Woodpecker.mp3

 

I figured it was a "He" because I'm pretty sure that the only benefit

that can be derived by such behavior is a loud territorial display.

Natures original rappers, if you will.

 

X to be O.

Sat Nam,

Dharam Singh

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I'm new to this group, and I'm enjoying the posts so far.

 

What an interesting visitor you've had, and it's great you could

record it. I have two different species of woodpeckers regularly

visit my feeders, and I always enjoy watching them.

 

You're most likely right about it being a male. Male woodpeckers rap

on metal and other non-food sources in order to increase the volume

of their drumming to "show off" for the females. Perhaps it's similar

to how girls can go ga-ga over boys in the band.

 

namaste

 

J

 

Kundaliniyoga, D h a r a m <pran--yogi

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> One morning, a while back, I was rousted from my post Sadhana nap

by a

> loud, rapid fire metallic sound. It came and went sorta quickly. I

> couldn't really tell what was going on. The rhythm was somewhat

> familiar, though, but I was hesitant to draw any conclusions.

> And then, a few weeks later it happened again.....and at the same

time,

> right after Sadhana. This time I laid there listening for a couple

of

> minutes and I was finally able to make some sense of this weird

> occurrence. I was able to hear "his" nails maneuvering up and down

the

> metal. That's what stood out.

>

> It was a woodpecker whacking away on the metal downspout outside my

window.

> I recorded this using my home.

> If you listen careful you can hear his nails yourself.

> I just called my home number, held the phone outside the slightly

ajar

> window, and the bird left a message for myself.

> Check it out yourself.

> http://church-mouse.com/Woodpecker.mp3

>

> I figured it was a "He" because I'm pretty sure that the only

benefit

> that can be derived by such behavior is a loud territorial display.

> Natures original rappers, if you will.

>

> X to be O.

> Sat Nam,

> Dharam Singh

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