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  1. blf says

    Yeah, the rats-in-a-puppet wasn’t fooling anyone, but neither will feathers dipped in paint and glued on… Even the rat under all that feathers, paint, and targlue seems to think this is getting very silly. Or else has an itch it can’t scratch…

  2. Ice Swimmer says

    Not a very big woodpecker (tikka in Finnish). Looks nice, though. Here the approximately similar looking woodpeckers are in the genus Dendrocopos.

    I’ve heard that some (not sure which) woodpeckers here have taken to drumming metal lightpoles (used for lighting the cross-country running/skiing paths) in the spring and making a lot of noise, probably to attract mates.

  3. says

    Ice Swimmer:

    (tikka in Finnish)

    That is a perfect name for a woodpecker. No, the Downys aren’t big. Hairy woodpeckers are identical to them, except for some spots on the tail feathers, and are more the standard size, around 9 inches.

    I’ve heard that some (not sure which) woodpeckers here have taken to drumming metal lightpoles (used for lighting the cross-country running/skiing paths) in the spring and making a lot of noise, probably to attract mates.

    Wow. That has to make an impressive racket. They’re pretty loud on wood as it is.

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