On 1/18/2013 12:02 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> Woodpeckers don't naturally feed off the ground. They're tree
> dwellers. They use that powerful beak to get bugs out of tree bark.
> Hence the "pecking". They nest in knot holes they find in trees.
> They also use that beak to enlarge the living space. I'd call
> woodpeckers the carpenters of the bird world
>
One spring I had a woodpecker that was hammering on my metal gutter just
over my bedroom window very early in the morning. I kept hearing it,
not knowing what the heck was waking me up until one day I went outside
from the front of the house and saw it. Little bugger. I later read
they try to attract mates by making a lot of noise. I'm sure he was a
stud from all the noise he made.