# Damn Horny Woodpeckers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-horny-woodpeckers/784552 "2017-04-16T11:17:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-horny-woodpeckers/784552/1 "2017-04-16T11:17:42Z")
I’m sitting outside with a cup of coffee, the Sunday paper and the Dope as the sun rises. There’s a woodpecker who has discovered that the metal flashing on a chimney 20 feet away from me (the downward slope puts its about level with me) is much louder than a wood tree. So I have a Delta Blues Woodpecker, who’s transitioned from a wooden tree to a metal resonator tree 😉 A quick Google suggests that this is mating behavior, and loudness is the big male show for woodpeckers. I suppose no different that a teenager driving by with a boomin’ system. Oy. Get off my chimney. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-horny-woodpeckers/784552/2 "2017-04-16T12:55:40Z")
Ouch. One aspect of life in Los Angeles that I don’t much miss is having kids regularly drive past with gigawatt subwoofers that can be heard from the other side of the valley. Doing so at 4 am probably only enhances their self-perceived prestige. What these kids - like your big-beaked friend - really need is a little paternal guidance in the form of a gently-administered precision RPG strike. “I’m sorry, son, but this is for your own good.” You can apply his attractive stripy feathers as festive ornaments on your new chimney. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-horny-woodpeckers/784552/3 "2017-04-16T15:49:37Z")
> [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](#): > > You can apply his attractive stripy feathers as festive ornaments on your new chimney. I know this is a joke, but FYI, woodpeckers of all species are protected by the Migratory Bird Act, and harming them is prohibited. Some suggested (legal) deterrents are listed [here](http://www.birds.cornell.edu/wp_about/control.html). OP, woodpeckers are great subjects for photography! Now you know where he’ll be hanging out, get close and get clicking! ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-horny-woodpeckers/784552/4 "2017-04-16T15:57:06Z")
Check out the last posts in this thread. Located down a bit in this forum. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20025718&postcount=456](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20025718&postcount=456) 😉 🆒 😃 ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-horny-woodpeckers/784552/5 "2017-04-16T17:39:10Z")
Slap a stamp on his butt and send him over here! I love woodpeckers - even the ones who hammer on the gutters. And as **araminty** says, they’re lots of fun to photograph. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-horny-woodpeckers/784552/6 "2017-04-17T20:56:13Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > I know this is a joke, but FYI, woodpeckers of all species are protected by the Migratory Bird Act, and harming them is prohibited. Damned gubmint always bannin’ us from a killin’ anything that’s good eatin’…