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From: rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Woodpeckers (cautionary note... why are they pecking?)
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 23:50:50 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 30 23:50:50 1985
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While it is logical that woodpeckers are after some tasty bugs, "It
aint necessarily so."  I have a friend who had a woodpecker develop
a desire to peck on the metal flashing of her chimney every morning
around 5 a.m. Seems the bird just loved the sound...very resonant,
make sleepers think furnace is exploding, fall out of bed, etc.
Remedy was to install screen to keep woodpecker away from chimney.
Woodpecker moved to similar house two doors down. Many irate
phone calls from neighbor.
Why not just shoot the beast?
They shoot horses, don't they?

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