The mad genius of Woodpeckers
May. 25th, 2003 01:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
capri0mniA little natural history:
Pileated woodpeckers, aiui, announce the scope of their territory by "drumming" on trees... and I assume whichever male woodpecker can drum the loudest is considered most attractive to the females (a bit like human males driving around in a silver Lexus).
And one pileated male has discovered that the steel chimney cap on top of my house is the "Tree" that resonates louder than all the others...
So every few minutes, I've been hearing a metalic
TTTTHHHHHHHRRRRRMMMMM.
Took me a while before I realized the neighbor behind me wasn't disturbing the peace with a rented jackhammer (the fact that the sound was coming from my own fireplace was the strongest clue). ;-)
Pileated woodpeckers, aiui, announce the scope of their territory by "drumming" on trees... and I assume whichever male woodpecker can drum the loudest is considered most attractive to the females (a bit like human males driving around in a silver Lexus).
And one pileated male has discovered that the steel chimney cap on top of my house is the "Tree" that resonates louder than all the others...
So every few minutes, I've been hearing a metalic
TTTTHHHHHHHRRRRRMMMMM.
Took me a while before I realized the neighbor behind me wasn't disturbing the peace with a rented jackhammer (the fact that the sound was coming from my own fireplace was the strongest clue). ;-)
