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Walleye

(45,517 posts) Wed Jul 24, 2024, 04:05 PM Jul 2024

A pair of pileated woodpeckers worked on the tree right outside my window this morning

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A pair of pileated woodpeckers worked on the tree right outside my window this morning (Original Post) Walleye Jul 2024 OP

Ha ha heh! I laugh because these birds can be LOUD when they are pecking away! We do, actually in STLMO (the SWBTATTReg Jul 2024 #1

I call them jackhammers, can hear them over a block away Walleye Jul 2024 #3

Hah ha ha...that's a good name for them! Thanks for the chuckle. SWBTATTReg Jul 2024 #4

They are beautiful 😊 TommieMommy Jul 2024 #2

Yep, they're loud Dan Jul 2024 #5

One year about a block away a pair of those made such big holes. They actually chopped down a dead tree Walleye Jul 2024 #6

tack tack tack. indeed . AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #7

SWBTATTReg

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1. Ha ha heh! I laugh because these birds can be LOUD when they are pecking away! We do, actually in STLMO (the

Reply to Walleye (Original post)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 04:10 PM

Jul 2024

city) actually do have woodpeckers sometimes, depends on if you have a dead tree around (not very often in the city). I love their pecking away, it's a neat sound.

Walleye

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3. I call them jackhammers, can hear them over a block away

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 04:25 PM

Jul 2024

SWBTATTReg

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4. Hah ha ha...that's a good name for them! Thanks for the chuckle.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 04:26 PM

Jul 2024

TommieMommy

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2. They are beautiful 😊

Reply to Walleye (Original post)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 04:11 PM

Jul 2024

Dan

(5,297 posts)

5. Yep, they're loud

Reply to Walleye (Original post)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 04:57 PM

Jul 2024

And tearing up my neighbor’s house.

Walleye

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6. One year about a block away a pair of those made such big holes. They actually chopped down a dead tree

Reply to Dan (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 05:46 PM

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AllaN01Bear

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7. tack tack tack. indeed .

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Wed Jul 24, 2024, 07:14 PM

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