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Old 11-21-2019, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by benb View Post
These guys are really confusing.. we have a bunch of birds called "Flickers" which look like this and they are all quite hard to ID unless you have a good guide with you. (Which I almost never do)

Years ago my parents had a major issue with one of these during mating season deciding to "drill" their siding on their house. It was pretty crazy.. sounded like someone was hammering inside the house.
Flickers have a brown back and are often seen feeding on the ground, which other woodpeckers don't do. The banging on metal is a territorial/mating thing.
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