Re: artificial lumber

Mon, Jan 10, 2005, 10:34pm (EST-3) [email protected] (Glenna=A0Rose)
claims:
From what bird folks say about woodpeckers, they only work where there
are bugs. They go strictly by the sound of the critters' movement inside
the wood. Perhaps your bugs aren't yet, only larvae at the point you
checked.
=A0=A0I've heard people say before there were no bugs there and found
later the woodpeckers were right after all. They are good bug detectors
from all accounts.

We're talking about a bird, with a brain about the size of a pea,
that spends it's days beading it's head on wood looking for bugs.
That's ought to be a clue they aren't the brightest creatures in the
world.

They periodically knock on the eaves of my house. And, there's
never been any evidence anywhere that there are/were insects there. To
top that, they've even been known to peck on metal siding - admitted
there "could" be a bug on the other side, but even they should get the
hint after a minute or two.



JOAT
Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.
- =A0Dale Carnegie

Woodpeckers obey the three calls of nature: food, shelter and sex. They
drum for all three reasons. In particular, re your post, they establish a
territory which is defined and defended by drumming. Anything that really
booms out is desirable. Sorry.

Steve

"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Mon, Jan 10, 2005, 10:34pm (EST-3) [email protected] (Glenna Rose)
claims:
From what bird folks say about woodpeckers, they only work where there
are bugs. They go strictly by the sound of the critters' movement inside
the wood. Perhaps your bugs aren't yet, only larvae at the point you
checked.
I've heard people say before there were no bugs there and found
later the woodpeckers were right after all. They are good bug detectors
from all accounts.

We're talking about a bird, with a brain about the size of a pea,
that spends it's days beading it's head on wood looking for bugs.
That's ought to be a clue they aren't the brightest creatures in the
world.

They periodically knock on the eaves of my house. And, there's
never been any evidence anywhere that there are/were insects there. To
top that, they've even been known to peck on metal siding - admitted
there "could" be a bug on the other side, but even they should get the
hint after a minute or two.



JOAT
Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.
- Dale Carnegie

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:34:23 -0800, [email protected] (Glenna Rose) wrote:

>[email protected] writes:
>>On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 03:47:05 +0000, Andy Dingley <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:17:57 -0700, Mark & Juanita
>>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Woodpecker-proof also?
>>>
>>>Woodpeckers aren't stupid. If you can fix the underlying bug problem,
>>>they'll likely give up anyway.
>>
>> In my case, there were no underlying bugs -- they have been pecking
>>through single-thickness siding with *nothing* on the other side.
>
>From what bird folks say about woodpeckers, they only work where there are
>bugs. They go strictly by the sound of the critters' movement inside the
>wood. Perhaps your bugs aren't yet, only larvae at the point you checked.
> I've heard people say before there were no bugs there and found later the
>woodpeckers were right after all. They are good bug detectors from all
>accounts.
>
>Glenna

Not sure where bugs would be in 5/8" termite-puke siding with nothing but
studs on the other side. ... and in a storage building that gets
exterminated on a regular basis. My opinion is that they were using the
shed as a good spot for hammering to attract mates when the metal chimney
flue was being used by a bigger woodpecker.



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Now we'll just use some glue to hold things in place until the brads dry

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"Glenna Rose" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] writes:
>>On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 03:47:05 +0000, Andy Dingley <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:17:57 -0700, Mark & Juanita
>>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Woodpecker-proof also?
>>>
>>>Woodpeckers aren't stupid. If you can fix the underlying bug problem,
>>>they'll likely give up anyway.
>>
>> In my case, there were no underlying bugs -- they have been pecking
>>through single-thickness siding with *nothing* on the other side.
>
> From what bird folks say about woodpeckers, they only work where there are
> bugs. They go strictly by the sound of the critters' movement inside the
> wood. Perhaps your bugs aren't yet, only larvae at the point you checked.
> I've heard people say before there were no bugs there and found later the
> woodpeckers were right after all. They are good bug detectors from all
> accounts.
>
> Glenna

would that explain why they're hammering on my metal chimney flue? at 6am
usually?

the other explanation is that they're hammering to attract female attention.

Charles Spitzer wrote:

>
> "Glenna Rose" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> [email protected] writes:
>>>On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 03:47:05 +0000, Andy Dingley <[email protected]>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:17:57 -0700, Mark & Juanita
>>>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Woodpecker-proof also?
>>>>
>>>>Woodpeckers aren't stupid. If you can fix the underlying bug problem,
>>>>they'll likely give up anyway.
>>>
>>> In my case, there were no underlying bugs -- they have been pecking
>>>through single-thickness siding with *nothing* on the other side.
>>
>> From what bird folks say about woodpeckers, they only work where there
>> are
>> bugs. They go strictly by the sound of the critters' movement inside the
>> wood. Perhaps your bugs aren't yet, only larvae at the point you
>> checked. I've heard people say before there were no bugs there and found
>> later the
>> woodpeckers were right after all. They are good bug detectors from all
>> accounts.
>>
>> Glenna
>
> would that explain why they're hammering on my metal chimney flue? at 6am
> usually?
>
> the other explanation is that they're hammering to attract female
> attention.

I remember seeing one hammer a squirrel once--they were having a debate over
who got to eat a bunch of sunflower seeds at the time.

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