Steve

I have never had a Flicker.  I could add that to my woodpecker drumming on
the house list.  Maybe my woodpeckers walk to a different drum.

When my birds start, I go out and scare them when they are trying to drum.
They don't continue much after that.

Regards

George

----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Steven Huy" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] What to do with a nuisance flicker?


> I would think this more common for flickers.  Have seen many flickers
> torment homeowners, but never a red-belly. Just be glad it's the gutters
> and not wood siding...
>
>
> J. Steven Huy
> Middletown, MD, USA
> Project Owlnet
> www.ProjectOwlnet.org
> 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   George M. Jett [SMTP:]
> Sent:   Sunday, 25 April, 2004 18:59
> To:     
> Subject:        Re: [MDOSPREY] What to do with a nuisance flicker?
>
> Kathie
>
> Are they sure it is a Flicker?  Red-bellied Woodpeckers do this more
> commonly.  Hang some silver Christmas tinsel off the gutter where the
> drumming is being done.  Maybe it will go some where else since its
> drumming
> board has been altered.  You could also check with the Audubon Naturalist
> Society.  They may have some advise.
>
> The drumming is likely to stop soon, and no harmful action should be taken
> toward the bird.  Please tell the friend that shooting the bird is illegal
> since the woodpecker is protected under state and federal law.  I think
the
> federal law is the Migratory Bird Act.
>
> Hopefully, the nuisance behavior will stop and the bird will not be
harmed.
>
> George
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "K Lambert" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 11:23 AM
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] What to do with a nuisance flicker?
>
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I have a friend who is at wits end with a flicker pounding on her
> gutters.
> He's been doing it for a few weeks.  He pounds on the gutters
> intermittently
> from 0600 to 1000 - not good for a family that likes to sleep in (they
> aren't birders).  They are considering the use of BB guns or paint guns.
> She would like a better way of discouraging this disruptive bird behavior.
> She lives on Kent Island.
> >
> > Any ideas for getting a flicker to stop being a flicker on her house?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kathie
> >
> >
> > Kathie Lambert
> > kbert59 @ yahoo.com
> > Harwood, MD
> >
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