Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35196587-20181231023946/@comment-34343471-20190114211123

I got into trouble with the birds who live in our woods. I heard a bird call and wanted to know which bird it was. So I quietly played the songs of the Northern Flicker and the Pileated Woodpecker to see which of the two it was. I didn't want to disturb the birds so I went outside, crouched down and played the songs at minimal volume. I finally decided that the call I was listening to was the Northern Flicker. I stood up only to be dive bombed by a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers. Pileated Woodpeckers are ginormous and they were clearly outraged. I thought the whole thing was really funny and started laughing so hard I could barely stand up. The indignant birds flew off. Not sure if the woodpeckers had a beef with the flickers or if the birds on recordings had said something particularly rude to say. Very amusing. Opal