Subject: flickers
Date: Apr 21 15:42:38 2001
From: Irene Wanner - iwanner at u.washington.edu


So is there a theory all this drumming is another way to attract mates, in
addition to the noisy spring calls? Sure works getting human attention!
- Irene, Seattle/Central District

On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, The Dumroese Family wrote:

> Here at my Moscow Idaho home, I have western redcedar siding and Northern
> Flickers, all coexisting fine. I've put up 6 nesting structures for
> Violet-green Swallows and usually the flickers claim 2, beating the entrance
> holes until they can get in. Taking that cue, I now, twice a year, put a
> new piece of wood with a small hole over the top of the flicker hole. They
> seem quite content to continually beat their way in and leave my siding
> alone. In the winter, the birds use those boxes for roosting. I've also
> found that stuffing the box with wood chips also seems to make them happy --
> crazily tossing out the chips once they've worked out the hole.
>
> Kas Dumroese
> Moscow, ID
> dumroese at iglide.net
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