The bird is back
The northern flicker who pounded and pecked a nesting hole in the wall outside my closet last year is at it again. Again, I stick my head over the deck railing and tell him, firmly, "Go away," and usually he does. Though today he just stared at me until I waved my arm at him. It's all in the timing. Last year I was about to leave for several weeks, and knew he'd have his nest hole before I got back, unbothered by firm words and flailings. And now, again, though about two months earlier (such a... Sign in to see full entry.