Subject: Noisy Sapsucker
Date: Jun 17 12:37:22 2001
From: Roger - rcraik at home.com


They like aluminum ladders as well.

Roger Craik
Maple Ridge BC

JLRosso at aol.com wrote:

> A well timed job lay off has given me more time at home to work on my
> doctoral studies. But our anticipation of sleeping late has been delayed as a
> Red-breasted Sapsucker has decided that a piece of metal flashing on our roof
> is the noisiest spot to drum on. It starts at about 5am. He continues
> throughout the day. Every once in awhile it seems to work as another
> sapsucker flies over and sits on the roof and watches him drill the metal.
> I have watched Northern Flickers do the same thing but I was surprised when I
> realized that this time it is the sapsucker. I have not read of other species
> of woodpeckers claiming territory this way. (I assume it is claiming
> territory - but I have no proof for this hypothesis. And yes, I am going into
> the research part of my doctoral studies. But I will spare you the null
> hypothesis.)
>
> Jim Rosso
> Sammamish
> jlrosso at aol.com
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