Yesterday, my designated "sleep-in day" this week, I was awoken at the far too early hour of 9:00 AM by a tap-tap-tap on the window. This sound was a bit odd, because our bedroom is on the second story and can't be reached from the ground at all. In my sleepy fog, I wondered for a minute what it was and then rolled back over. A couple of hours later, I was in the living room when I heard a tap-tap-tap on the sliding door. And later, tap-tap-tap again in the bedroom.
This morning it was there again, at the bedroom window. A woodpecker. In fact, he's been tapping away as I type. Jonathan said that the woodpecker was there last night around dusk, and Jonathan hit the inside of the wall to scare him away. It worked for a few minutes, but he was back.
I think it's a Hairy Woodpecker, though it could also be a Downy Woodpecker. It's difficult to catch him on film - as my low-quality picture indicates.
Oh, and I think he's obsessed with tapping near our bedroom window because there's a rather large Mud Wasp nest there. I've seen him fly away with some tasty larvae. So I'm okay with him controlling our wasp population.
This morning it was there again, at the bedroom window. A woodpecker. In fact, he's been tapping away as I type. Jonathan said that the woodpecker was there last night around dusk, and Jonathan hit the inside of the wall to scare him away. It worked for a few minutes, but he was back.
I think it's a Hairy Woodpecker, though it could also be a Downy Woodpecker. It's difficult to catch him on film - as my low-quality picture indicates.
Oh, and I think he's obsessed with tapping near our bedroom window because there's a rather large Mud Wasp nest there. I've seen him fly away with some tasty larvae. So I'm okay with him controlling our wasp population.
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bustin' with pride & missin you. xoxomom