Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I guess Ric is right. Here we also have our local species sounding warnings about the worrying issues. I was, just last night, and this evening again, whistling my worries to our close neighbor Little Owl on the merrits of various Scotch Malt Whiskies. She was so helpful in many respects, one of them being that our cats are no longer late coming in :-) Pity I DK how to record our conversations as I think they are Universal and could be shared with you all ;-) Amities Philippe > Le 3 janv. 2021 ? 18:26, RicCarter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > I heaar this sort of complaint with some regularity. > > DO NOT CURSE THE BIRD. Thank him. He is actually warning you about some > insects which may be attacking your house. > > Our most common house threat here from the woodpeckers is when the > pileateds want to dig out the carpenter bee larvae. They will also pursue > termites and other pests. > > They will sometimes use an attrractive drum sound on your house, but this > is a rapid drumming, not a digging irregular digging noise. > > ric carter > > > > > >> On Jan 3, 2021, at 11:00 AM, Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> I hate Northern Flickers. I have one that is trying to eat my wooden >> cabin. We have put up >> metal pans with eyes painted on them under the eaves to twist in the wind >> to scare him off. >> They don?t work. I have to go out in the wind and rain and throw rocks at >> him. I am getting >> my handyman to come by and go up a long ladder to spray the feeding area >> with hot pepper >> sauce - the stuff we use to keep the raccoons out of the garbage. The >> joys of country living!? >> Howard. >> >> pS: But they are a great set of photos. TFS. >> >> >> Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2021 08:27:40 +0530 >> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com <mailto:jayanand at >> gmail.com>> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at >> leica-users.org>> >> Cc: RicCarter <cartersxrd at gmail.com <mailto:cartersxrd at gmail.com>> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Birds week 45 >> >> The Northern Flicker set for me. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information