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Woodpecker damages car windows in Massachusetts

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122232) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 12 May 25

A woodpecker in Rockport Massachusetts is causing panic since the animal has been using his beak to vandalize the windows or side view windows. Rockport resident Janelle Favaloro shared an image of a woodpecker smashing a window...

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Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 14 Jan 25

Woodpeckers are pretty birds but their presence in a garden indicates that there is a tree or two that is dying Woodpeckers peck at dead branches of trees and that is not a good sign. I have not seen any wooepeckers in our...

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Amazed that I got this guy...

Stacey @xstitcher (39046) • Petaluma, California 1 Apr 24

I was walking to church the other day, and I could hear a woodpecker doing it's thing. After I looked around, I saw it in a tree in someone's yard. I put my camera on zoom and took a shot. He was so high up and even on zoom it...

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Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 2 Jan 24

We used to have many woodpeckers pecking at trees in our garden. Of late I have seen none It is a good sign as it is only when they spot a dead bark that they get to peck at it Woodpeckers are pretty birds but not seeing them...

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Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 4 Aug 22

Woodpeckers are pretty birds but when they visit us it does not give me joy as I know they will be busy pecking at dead wood.. Dead wood means a tree somewhere is dead and it is too late for us retrieve it. We have a big area...

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Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 2 Oct 21

We normally see woodpeckers if there is something dead in our garden. When we hear them peck we follow the sound and then we come to know which tree is dying. But here the woodpecker is planning on pecking the papaya We let it...

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Rescued a Downy on the Deck

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 17 Feb 21

This time of year I see a variety of birds on my deck. As most of you know. Have been watching this small Downy woodpecker the last few days. He is the smallest woodpecker in North America. And this is a male, they have the...

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Two Birds With One Click

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 23 Jan 21

Had my camera setup with the tripod behind the patio doors today. Filled up the deck feeder with peanuts and waited. Did not take long before the birds started showing up. So cool to watch and see who shows up. Blue Jays are...

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Ivar Returned to the Feeder

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 17 Jan 20

Ivar the red bellied woodpecker has been showing up every day lately at the deck bird feeder. He has been coming to the feeder a few years now. I assume it is the same one. If you watch the show, Vikings, you will understand the...

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The Smallest Woodpecker

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 27 Dec 19

Was excited to see a Downy woodpecker at the deck feeder this morning. I have not seen one all year. They are so cool to watch. Very small, about the size of a sparrow. They are actually the smallest woodpecker in North...

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Woody Woodpecker Arrives in Chestnut Avenue

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 18 Dec 19

When we first moved here 20 odd years ago we had a lot of woodpeckers visiting the garden but in recent years they seemed to have disappeared. However, during the summer we did hear some in the woodland behind our house but...

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Ivar the Red Bellied Woodpecker

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 13 Dec 19

Suppose to be raining all day today. It started last night. And now overcast and clouds. Too cold to be out in the screen room with coffee and cats. But I was surprised with a new bird at the deck feeder. Ivar the red bellied...

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The Woodpecker That Could

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98026) • Daytona Beach, Florida 19 Aug 19

It seems to me that it is always the same little woodpecker. I look out the window and there he is climbing to the top of the wooden pole that holds up the cables. He gets to the top and goes peck, peck, peck. When he has enough...

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It's In The Tree

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 28 Jul 19

I don't know what 'it' is, but 'it' sure had Ginger's attention this morning. 'It' was either a squirrel or a bird. Squirrels are abundant hereabouts. Our woods have birds in great number and variety. This morning we heard a...

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The Downy Woodpecker

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 24 Jun 19

I put up a second hummingbird feeder. These little birds are so territorial, they like the feeder all to themselves. This morning I saw a bird on the feeder. He was not a hummingbird. This is a Downy woodpecker. The smallest...

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Strange Downy Woodpecker behavior

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 26 Nov 18

We got back from Portland Friday afternoon. I glanced out the window and saw this little Downy Woodpecker on my suet feeder, not where the food is, but clinging to the side. They do this sometimes for unknown reasons. But this...

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Nature post of the day 18-4-16 Green woodpecker

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 19 Apr 16

Yesterday when walking in the woods I was struck by the number of green woodpeckers around. I couldn’t see them among the trees but I could hear their distinctive laughing calls all around. Even if I had had a camera available I...

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Early Visitor

Cynthia Owens @cindiowens (5120) • North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 16 Apr 16

We had an early morning visitor. I stood there and watched him for a few minutes, and then went inside to assemble my camera. I figured he would be gone by the time I got back outside, but he was still there, posing for the...

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Learning from Woodpeckers

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 8 Mar 16

Ending the animal themed day with the birds. Out walking I frequently hear woodpeckers tapping away and despite my best efforts, I never saw one. My luck changed, the other week, and I spotted this chap up in the leafless...

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I Am A Woodpecker

RussTeed @RussTeed (1498) • United States 6 Mar 16

From the day I was born, I was taught to smash my face into trees every time I saw one. The headaches I incurred were brain-shaking intense. I was choking down all the ibuprofen I could get my hands on, but that wasn't enough. I...

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