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A couple of years ago, right at sunrise very early in the morning, a male red-bellied woodpecker would come to pay us a nice morning visit.Wingsday!!
Woodpeckers do not have vocal songs, though they can make chirps, chatters, and other alarm calls.
They drum on resonant objects such as hollow trees, stumps, logs, utility poles, chimneys, rain gutters, metal roofing, and trash cans, as well as any other object that may echo loudly. Woodpeckers drum to attract mates and establish territories.
The Pileated woodpecker is North America's largest - 18" long with a 20" wingspan
The Downy Woodpecker is the most common in North America and also the smallest
He discovered that pecking on our satellite dish produced a very, very loud sound that attracted all the ladies.
And woke up the entire neighborhood.