This is a video of a great spotted woodpecker making a drumming sound. Not, like usually, on a tree, but on a TV antenna.
This afternoon, a male great spotted woodpecker.
It was eating the grease on the top of the nest box above the balcony.
Then, it flew to the tree behind the balcony. Then, it flew away.
Soon, two wood pigeons in the tree. On a roof behind the tree, two magpies.
Later, a female blackbird on the balcony, eating seeds from a bowl. While a male blackbird sat in the tree.
In the morning, there had been chaffinches in the tree.
And, of course, many great tits and blue tits at the feeders.
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Thanks for the link! Woodpeckers are a favorite of mine.
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You are welcome 🙂 Thanks for your comment!
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Yesterday I saw the largest group of Crows ever. They were all exercised about something. I was driving the auto and could not see what they were excited about. I searched the tree tops for an Owl but saw nothing. Then, I was past the scene and missed what was sure to be one of those lifetime experiences. Too bad there was so much traffic behind me.
We once lived in a house on top of a mountain. Across the street was a house with a large tin protective cover over the chimney. A large woodpecker would often come by and drum on the tin cover. After about five minutes he would give up. I believe he was looking for a mate. I bet the sounds, to him, were the words “Come here my dear. Look at the big bunch of grubs I can dig out of this tree. Join me for a feast – – – my dear.”
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Yes, for many woodpeckers (in Europe for great spotted woodpeckers, not for green ones) these drumming sounds are mating calls.
Do you know which woodpecker species you heard then?
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Not sure because my bird knowledge is poor; but I believe it was a large piliated. It was VERY large with black and white stripes and I believ a red head.
Almost the size of a crow.
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Hi, here is pileated woodpecker information:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pileated_Woodpecker/id
Does it fit with what you saw?
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Yes. That is the one pecking on the tin chimney cover. The sound track also matched what I have heard although I have rarely seen and heard one at the same time. When I was a kid I was pretty good at mimicking this bird by sharply drawing air into my lungs while opening and closing my throat at a rapid speed. Of course my friends thought I was nuts. Maybe because I also used to put my ear to the railroad tracks and tell them there was a train approaching at 40 MPH and was about 3 miles away. Oh well. People should be imaginative.
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I hope you will see and hear them again 🙂
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The trains?
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I meant the woodpeckers more 🙂
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I know. I am just a wise guy. Sorry, could not pass it up.
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🙂
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I guess one bird’s tree is another bird’s TV antenna…! 😉
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Yes, probably.
Maybe this woodpecker likes the TV antenna because the sound is louder than on a tree 🙂
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Hmmm, maybe…! 🙂
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