Woodpeckers hit anything that makes a big "noise" to attract a mate....guys,
the woodies are just trying to get laid. Kinda like a drummer on MTV
:-)....
73 de Mike
K7PI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reicher, James" <JReicher@hrblock.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>; <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Woodpeckers and Antennas
> Great thread, so far :)
>
> About 20 years ago, I moved to a house in a semi-rural lake community
> (600 acres of water), surrounded on 3 sides by woods. Because of the
> lake and spending lots of time in the yard, many residents installed an
> outdoor telephone bell, to let them easily here the phone ringing.
>
> Upon moving in, and being completely unencumbered by HOAs and CC&Rs, I
> immediately put up a tower, supported by a house bracket, just outside
> my bedroom.
>
> One morning, I awoke to the sound of a telephone bell. I reached for
> the phone, picked up the receiver and heard a dial tone. Yet, the bell
> kept ringing. Then, with my head still foggy from sleep, it hit me...
> this house had no such outdoor ringer.
>
> I went outside to investigate.
>
> I kept hearing the "phone" ring, then I got around to the tower. There
> was a Flicker woodpecker, pounding away at the leg of my Rohn 25G.
> Apparently he thought it was pretty tasty because he kept waking me up
> about the same time every morning for 3 months.
>
>
>
> 73 de N8AU, Jim in Raymore, MO
>
> Light travels faster than sound... This is why some people appear
> bright until you hear them speak.
>
>
>
>
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:34:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Woodpeckers and Antennas
> To: towertalk reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <978993.81236.qm@web50708.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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>
> Ok guys, time for a new thread. This was a new one on
> me.
>
> I have a bit of woods on my property and throughout
> the years have seen and heard various woodpeckers
> pecking away at dead trees. It very common to hear
> them in the morning as I'm walking to the car to leave
> for work. This morning as I was walking out the
> driveway, I heard a metallic "rattle" of sorts like
> I'd never heard. It was dead calm so it wasn't a wind
> related issue. I looked up the tower and there was a
> woodpecker sitting on the boom of the 40-2CD. As I
> watched, he lowered his head and pecked the boom of
> the antenna. It was quite loud but he/she wasn't fazed
> in the least and continued, on and off, for several
> minutes and then flew back into the woods. In all the
> years that I've had towers and antennas in the air,
> that was a first! Maybe the uncommomly hot
> temperatures in this part of the country are to blame.
> It's certainly taking it's toll of the mental
> abilities of some of the people!
>
> Maybe I need a plastic owl up there!
>
> 73, Stew K3ND
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