I Have A Woodpecker Banging On The House.

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

That thing must be part pterodacyl for all the noise it is making.

Petunia is on the windowsill going crazy, Tess is watching her with her usual "what a maroon" look.

You would think they would have a massive headache doing that.

colleena · ‎03-27-2010

@CrazyKittyLvr2 They sure have a mission, don't they? We've had several the last couple years in the neighborhood but thankfully they don't seem to stay around long. I know someone whose roof/siding was damaged by a frisky woodpecker.

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

@colleena There are trees all around me but nope let me bang my head on the house.

I swear it knows the cat can't get it. He or she is right next to the window, I can see it, just pecking away. It's almost like it is teasing the cat.

Petunia's eyes are the size of Frisbees and her tail is swishing like crazy.

patbz · ‎03-10-2010

I read yesterday that woodpeckers wrap their tongues around their brains when they peck.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

They can damage a house. Better go chase it off.

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kare29 · ‎07-03-2018

LOL! Too, funny I just had to go outside about a half hour ago and shoo one away that was on the peak of the house. I guess it was hoping for winter lodging. My girl, Gizmo slept through the racket. She's 13 1/2 now not a friskie little imp like you have.

Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

If it sounds like a machine gun or jackhammer, that's simply territorial. They really like the metal top of the chimney because the sound reverberates farther.

If they're pecking, they're more than likely looking for food, so you might want to check where they're pecking for insects.

gizmogal · ‎05-09-2014

That noisy woodpecker banging is called "drumming". It's a signal to try to connect to other birds of their own species in the area. Some of it is general communication and some of it is part of mating ritual. Here is full information from Wikipedia just about drumming behavior. There is a lot more to learn about woodpeckers from that thorough article.

Drumming is a form of nonvocal communication used by most species of woodpeckers, and involves the bill being repeatedly struck on a hard surface with great rapidity. After a pause, the drum roll is repeated, with each species having a pattern that is unique in the number of beats in the roll, the length of the roll, the length of the gap

between rolls, and the cadence. The drumming is mainly a territorial call, equivalent to the song of a passerine, with male birds drumming more frequently than females. Woodpeckers choose a surface that resonates, such as a hollow tree, and may use man-made structures such as gutters and downpipes.Drumming serves for the mutual recognition of conspecifics and plays a part in courtship rituals. Individual birds are thought to be able to distinguish the drumming of their mates and those of their neighbours.

You might be able to,scare the bird away by making some loud and sudden noise of your own outside of the house where their drumming is going on. If you are able to upset the woodpecker with regularity, he might get discouraged enough in a day or two to give up and find some other surface away from the house. You might still have to hear him, but he won't damage the house if you can chase him off successfully.

I'll have to believe your headache remark was just a jest. Woodpeckers don't get headaches from their natural behavior any more than giraffes are prone to sore throats. Still, it was funny to think about.

cookinfreak · ‎03-31-2010

I had one that would peck at my back door but it would sit on the door bell while doing it, so the doorbell would ring also. So I had the pecking, the door bell and the dog barking. It was a very long morning til I finally got it to go away!

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