Yellow-shafted Flicker
Pounding on cedar siding
Or is that my head?
In response to CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Carpe Diem #735 even woodpeckers
Originally inspired by Carpe Diem #732 “A bell at sunset” but when I saw #735 I thought, what a perfect fit!
I am a scientist by trade and artist by soul. My creative outlet used to be dancing but due to injuries and age, I must now find another path. I am hoping my writing, poetry and photography can be this new path.
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May 19, 2015 at 11:59 am
those beautiful but pesky woodpeckers! great poem 🙂
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May 19, 2015 at 12:15 pm
We battle every spring. They love to pull the knots out of my siding, especially the third story – what a perfect place to nest! I have a Supersoaker water gun that I fire up to humanely encourage them to go somewhere else.
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May 19, 2015 at 12:23 pm
haha love the super soaker idea! I can just see them darting off
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May 19, 2015 at 4:02 pm
Very good! 🙂
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May 19, 2015 at 4:09 pm
Thank you!
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May 19, 2015 at 7:12 pm
Head, siding—sometimes they’re both the same! 😉
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May 19, 2015 at 7:33 pm
Yes!
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May 19, 2015 at 7:40 pm
Ouch – what a racket that woodpecker must make.
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May 19, 2015 at 8:27 pm
The jackhammer sound reverberates throughout the whole house. If my head doesn’t hurt when they start, it does by the time they’re done.
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May 19, 2015 at 8:57 pm
I live in Australia. We don’t have woodpeckers over here. The sound must get really annoying.
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May 20, 2015 at 2:29 pm
Beautiful …
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May 20, 2015 at 2:35 pm
Thank you.
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May 22, 2015 at 4:03 pm
I’d call them worse than that, even, Christy!
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