tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175731571680674348.post3511270458913995129..comments2024-03-16T03:58:59.468-07:00Comments on Good Life Northwest: Understanding Northern Flickers -- How to Deal With Drumming Noise and Potential Damage to Your HomeCandace Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010940176539330697noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175731571680674348.post-69086866412224460932015-04-16T07:00:46.007-07:002015-04-16T07:00:46.007-07:00We have this going to our house currently, almost ...We have this going to our house currently, almost every day around 6-7am we get a jackhammer attack ;) I wonder if it's used as a mating call as well since we have a male and female Flicker that hang around our home lately StylinRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448224992996092167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175731571680674348.post-57666597825002549952014-02-26T12:20:35.939-08:002014-02-26T12:20:35.939-08:00Male and female Northern Flickers make a loud, eve...Male and female Northern Flickers make a loud, evenly spaced, rapid drumming sound by hammering against trees or metal objects. You can often see a drumming bird pause, move its head just an inch or so away, and then begin drumming again with a very different quality of sound. Flicker drumming lasts about a second, during which the bird strikes the tree around 25 times. Drumming in woodpeckers takes the place of singing in songbirds. Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12610058842800481062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175731571680674348.post-62763092550518659072013-06-24T13:24:21.432-07:002013-06-24T13:24:21.432-07:00I have a "problem" Flicker that insists ...I have a "problem" Flicker that insists on drumming the cap to my gas furnace. It has many other options of the houses around, all with similar caps. I scare him off. If scare is the right word? <br /><br />By turning the hose pipe on it. The hose has just enough pressure to reach the perch and it duly flies off in a huff. But, still returns. Sometimes as much as ten times a day. It has been going on for over a month. I do not want to hurt the bird ........ just go drum on someone else's chimney cap. There are plenty to choose from. Why mine?<br /><br />This morning it was 5 am. When it started. I went out and he flew off as the first few drops of hose water arrived. I went back in took off my rubber shoes sat back down, only to have the jackhammer noise start up again ......... tut ....... grrr! Since then ...... peace!hirundinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488231359777781643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175731571680674348.post-2683713960224250792013-04-01T16:30:29.254-07:002013-04-01T16:30:29.254-07:00Hi Peter,
Ha! That's funny. I hope your disco...Hi Peter,<br /><br />Ha! That's funny. I hope your discouragment does the trick. Thanks for your comment.<br /><br />CandaceCandace Brownhttp://candacebrown.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175731571680674348.post-39391125091315693232013-04-01T13:52:15.745-07:002013-04-01T13:52:15.745-07:00We get the flicker drum solo on a metal vent cap e...We get the flicker drum solo on a metal vent cap every now and then. Unfortunately, that's right over our bedroom, so if it's a long solo I get dressed, go outside and lob a piece of gravel near the vent. The flicker gives me a dirty look and flies away in a huff, no doubt thinking "Feh! There's critics everywhere!" Fortunately, the legendary bass solo does not follow.<br />-Peter@AmericanBanjoCamp.com<br />(The blog software doesn't recognize this URL)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175731571680674348.post-84406372566088111262012-05-02T10:24:37.471-07:002012-05-02T10:24:37.471-07:00Hi Kevin,
I wouldn't like that either, so m...Hi Kevin,<br /> I wouldn't like that either, so matter now much I like birds. You might want to try using mylar balloons as suggested in the previous comment. I've heard they work very well. <br /> Readers? Does anyone else have a solution?<br /><br />Good luck,Kevin,and thank's for writing!Candace Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010940176539330697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175731571680674348.post-8767166113622820162012-05-02T07:22:11.855-07:002012-05-02T07:22:11.855-07:00I live in N.E. Tacoma. The Flicker is at it every ...I live in N.E. Tacoma. The Flicker is at it every morning and it gets earlier and earlier. Today it started at 5:47.<br />This is just one of the "Joys" of living in the Pacific North "Wet".Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175731571680674348.post-6596302021435656102012-03-01T09:16:34.757-08:002012-03-01T09:16:34.757-08:00My husband and I had a problem with these little g...My husband and I had a problem with these little guys drumming on the side of our home. We went and got two mylar balloons and put them close to where they were drumming, even after the balloons deflated, the noise kepted them away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com