Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35196587-20181231023946/@comment-34478085-20190114223932

Salt,

When I was growing up on the ranch we had two kinds of woodpeckers -- flickers and downy. My mom loved the little downies but loathed the poor flickers. I have flickers that come to my yard in town now and they are very welcome. I talk to them and they stop, cock their heads, and listen. (They're probably thinking, "OMG!  The crazy squirrel lady is speaking to me!  Maybe if I stand very still she won't bother me!")

Opal, if I were dive bombed by large woodpeckers I'd probably have a heart attack! I love it that you kept your sense of humor. I too wonder what rude things the recording must have said in their language!