Seattle Post Intelligencer
Several folks have asked what to do when woodpeckers rap repeatedly on nearby trees or buildings. Called drumming, this repetitive noise can be as annoying as rap music, especially when you wonder what it's doing to your home's siding.
The good news is that your siding is probably fine. Though woodpeckers often return to homes or buildings where their drumming is successful, according to wildlife expert Russell Link, these persistent birds rarely peck through wooden siding. (13/05)
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Green roofs are good. They clean the air, cool the house below, provide rest stops for birds and butterflies. If you work well with wood and want to try ...
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Rare hens are being stolen to order by gangs of chicken rustlers after prices soared to as much as £250 a bird following the high-profile campaign ...
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AN herb that smells as good as lavender simply has to be grown, even though it's not a native plant. I feel a little guilty saying this, because lately ...
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The National Trust, which owns the house known as Mendips in Woolton, Liverpool, is carrying out the wildlife survey on the 100ft-long (30m) garden.
The ...
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The bird, which is thought to be suffering from a condition called leucism, is a regular visitor to Phil Campbell's garden.
Mr Campbell said the bird ...
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The NHM is home to more than 28 million bug specimens and is the world leader in the field - so it must come as a embarrassment to admit they can't identify ...
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During this winter, a terrible cold front swept over most of Iran and blanketed the country with severe sub-freezing temperatures for 18 days (from the ...
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AN Edgware resident could not believe her eyes when she spotted a lizard in a tree in her neighbour's garden.
Sandra Kaye, 59, snapped this photo of ...
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The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BCT) said it was a behaviour that appeared to be becoming increasingly common.
Images captured by the BBC Scotland ...
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As clouds scudded across the sky and the wind screamed I heard a snap.
The main trunk of a 100-foot ash tree in my backyard split in two and crashed ...
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There are no dog-proof plants. If flora are frequently trampled, you can expect torn leaves, broken branches and mud, especially in smaller yards. But ...
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The cages protecting my juvenile pinyon pines, Pinus edulis, have finally come down — my “natural” garden looks much more natural now. Scattered among ...
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DRIVING through Malvern, Kew and Balwyn in autumn is a sight to behold as gardens and streetscapes display their fiery hues in a dramatic finale before ...
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Meet 8-ish on the Lambeth Road,” the text read. “Tree pit as yet undecided.”
Directions for my night's illicit rendezvous – or the G-spot as it is ...
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SPRING is always colourful in the Kashmir valley. Tiers of yellow mustard fields are lined by green-leaved poplar and chenar trees. The purple white flowers ...
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Stephen Bost began “hunting” the vanishing Ozark chinquapin in 2000, about five years before he started a foundation dedicated to reforesting the blighted ...
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This April has been quite typical compared to recent years. You would think that April represents a nice transitional month from cool days and cool nights ...
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Acouple of weeks ago we visited Olompali State Historical Park in Marin County, a site whose inhabitants have ranged from the Coast Miwok to the Grateful ...
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Robert Browning's poem, Home Thoughts, from Abroad, was one of my favourites during the year I spent as an au pair in Italy many years ago.
Like him, ...
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The NHM is home to more than 28 million bug specimens and is the world leader in the field - so it must come as a embarrassment to admit they can't identify ...
More
During this winter, a terrible cold front swept over most of Iran and blanketed the country with severe sub-freezing temperatures for 18 days (from the ...
More
AN Edgware resident could not believe her eyes when she spotted a lizard in a tree in her neighbour's garden.
Sandra Kaye, 59, snapped this photo of ...
More
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BCT) said it was a behaviour that appeared to be becoming increasingly common.
Images captured by the BBC Scotland ...
More
As clouds scudded across the sky and the wind screamed I heard a snap.
The main trunk of a 100-foot ash tree in my backyard split in two and crashed ...
More
There are no dog-proof plants. If flora are frequently trampled, you can expect torn leaves, broken branches and mud, especially in smaller yards. But ...
More
The cages protecting my juvenile pinyon pines, Pinus edulis, have finally come down — my “natural” garden looks much more natural now. Scattered among ...
More
DRIVING through Malvern, Kew and Balwyn in autumn is a sight to behold as gardens and streetscapes display their fiery hues in a dramatic finale before ...
More
Meet 8-ish on the Lambeth Road,” the text read. “Tree pit as yet undecided.”
Directions for my night's illicit rendezvous – or the G-spot as it is ...
More
SPRING is always colourful in the Kashmir valley. Tiers of yellow mustard fields are lined by green-leaved poplar and chenar trees. The purple white flowers ...
More
Stephen Bost began “hunting” the vanishing Ozark chinquapin in 2000, about five years before he started a foundation dedicated to reforesting the blighted ...
Read
This April has been quite typical compared to recent years. You would think that April represents a nice transitional month from cool days and cool nights ...
Read
Acouple of weeks ago we visited Olompali State Historical Park in Marin County, a site whose inhabitants have ranged from the Coast Miwok to the Grateful ...
Read
Robert Browning's poem, Home Thoughts, from Abroad, was one of my favourites during the year I spent as an au pair in Italy many years ago.
Like him, ...
Read
The NHM is home to more than 28 million bug specimens and is the world leader in the field - so it must come as a embarrassment to admit they can't identify ...
More
During this winter, a terrible cold front swept over most of Iran and blanketed the country with severe sub-freezing temperatures for 18 days (from the ...
More
AN Edgware resident could not believe her eyes when she spotted a lizard in a tree in her neighbour's garden.
Sandra Kaye, 59, snapped this photo of ...
More
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BCT) said it was a behaviour that appeared to be becoming increasingly common.
Images captured by the BBC Scotland ...
More
As clouds scudded across the sky and the wind screamed I heard a snap.
The main trunk of a 100-foot ash tree in my backyard split in two and crashed ...
More
There are no dog-proof plants. If flora are frequently trampled, you can expect torn leaves, broken branches and mud, especially in smaller yards. But ...
More
The cages protecting my juvenile pinyon pines, Pinus edulis, have finally come down — my “natural” garden looks much more natural now. Scattered among ...
More
DRIVING through Malvern, Kew and Balwyn in autumn is a sight to behold as gardens and streetscapes display their fiery hues in a dramatic finale before ...
More
Meet 8-ish on the Lambeth Road,” the text read. “Tree pit as yet undecided.”
Directions for my night's illicit rendezvous – or the G-spot as it is ...
More
SPRING is always colourful in the Kashmir valley. Tiers of yellow mustard fields are lined by green-leaved poplar and chenar trees. The purple white flowers ...
More
Stephen Bost began “hunting” the vanishing Ozark chinquapin in 2000, about five years before he started a foundation dedicated to reforesting the blighted ...
Read
This April has been quite typical compared to recent years. You would think that April represents a nice transitional month from cool days and cool nights ...
Read
Acouple of weeks ago we visited Olompali State Historical Park in Marin County, a site whose inhabitants have ranged from the Coast Miwok to the Grateful ...
Read
Robert Browning's poem, Home Thoughts, from Abroad, was one of my favourites during the year I spent as an au pair in Italy many years ago.
Like him, ...
Read