MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • June 14, 2020
For all their tapping, it is amazing woodpeckers don’t get headaches, especially for the amount of headaches they seem to cause people. A woodpecker’s drumming is its way of proclaiming a territory or attracting a mate so they seek out objects to drum against that will resonate the loudest, and man-made metal objects seem to be good at that. Whether they are drumming on your pipes or drilling into your house looking for food – put something between them and the place they’re drumming or drilling. I’ve had success hanging tin pie plates. ~ Doug Hitchcox, Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist