The e-mail I got said "Chicks Dig Big Peckers," so, ladies, here you go...

[Common Sense Party]

How do you like it?

[Arkansas Granny]

1. And I'll bet he can whistle through it, too!

[texanwitch]

2. We have a resident pair of wood peckers that live around here.

They had babies and now the babies are hanging out by the bird feeder.

Cute little things.

[Common Sense Party]

3. Dumb question, but here goes...

They don't peck at the bird feeder, do they? I mean, not like they're drilling into a tree.

[texanwitch]

4. No, they eat bird seed.

They seem to like the sunflower seeds a lot.

I don't know if the drilling into trees comes later.

They are cute.

[Common Sense Party]

5. I like watching woodpeckers...

...but only when they're on someone else's tree.

[Crystal Clarity]

6. They also like Suet

Alot! I see them going at my suet more then any other bird.

[Submariner]

23. My bird seed retailer (For Birds Only)

says our Woodpecker friends like the plain suet the best. It costs a bit more, but it doesn't have the seeds or berries, and they love the stuff.

[Crystal Clarity]

7. Dupe- Sorry

:blush:

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. Remember... there ARE no dumb questions...

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But this is not a dumb question.
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Prevailing belief is that woodpeckers peck for 3 reasons:
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...why don't they have such constant OMG FUCKING HEADACHES(!!!!!)...
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...that they are not only unwilling, but unable to reproduce.
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Howcomes they brains ain't all swolled up and/or sloshy?
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[Kali]

12. ours prefer dog food

and they like to peck on the metal attic vents in the spring - good acoustics I guess:eyes:

they are kind of obnoxious and pushy about the dog food too

[Nuclear Unicorn]

8. If you show me your pecker I suppose it's only fair I show you my

[mikeytherat]

14. Nice pair!

mikey_the_rat

[bbdad]

21. ... blue feet?

[Submariner]

22. Those are the blue-footed Boobies

[pokerfan]

10. ________-a-doodle-doo

[bbdad]

20. Who's the guy with the big ...

He looks like George W. Bush.

[MilesColtrane]

11. Ahem....My pecker's bigger.

[texanwitch]

13. That was a busy woodpecker.

That is a large hole.

Maybe he is planning a date.

[MilesColtrane]

18. It's not necessarily the size of the beak. It's how you use it.

[Common Sense Party]

16. I'm suffering from pecker envy right now.

:cry:

[MilesColtrane]

17. You shouldn't.

It's an exceedingly rare pecker.

Once-thought Extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker Rediscovered

[alfredo]

15. Ah....

[bbdad]

19. Have you heard?

Ornithologists have just discovered that a hitherto unknown sexually-transmitted disease is rapidly spreading among songbirds. It's called cherpes.

[Skittles]

24. I prefer several big peckers

[cwydro]

25. All over the place down here

and fond of metal posts for the noise they can make I guess...